Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
18636
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/07/1997
Date of Amendment
30/07/1997
Name of Property
Hooped Grave Cover in Llangeinor churchyard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Garw Valley
Town
Locality
Llangeinor
Easting
292489
Northing
187924
Street Side
Location
In Llangeinor churchyard, SE section, near front boundary wall.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Unusual survival of a metal grave cover, possibly installed to prevent theft of bodies for medical purposes during C18 -19. It is a series of metal hoops fixed to a framework forming a semicircular grille and is modest in size compared to some stronger larger illustrated versions. Some anti body-snatching devices were used only temporarily and moved to new graves as needed. An alternative possible use is as a temporary grave cover, a development of the more customary wicker version. The modest headstone at top is now illegible; small footstone at opposite end. Churchyard has a number of unusual coffin shaped kerb graves with very small head and footstones.
Exterior
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual survival of a former burial practice and for group value with Church of St Cein.
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