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
20050
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/06/1998
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Memorial Cross in graveyard centre
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Aberdaron
Town
Locality
Yr Enlli / Bardsey Island
Easting
212019
Northing
322164
Street Side
Location
Situated towards the centre of the Abbey graveyard SE of the Abbey ruin.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Late C19 memorial cross in Celtic revival style, erected to commemorate the twenty thousand saints supposedly buried on the island.
Exterior
Memorial cross, stone, tall Celtic cross on tapering base with chamfered top. Cross has raised roll edges and raised roundels to centre and 4 arms. Top is finished with a small gabled stone with roll ridge.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as part of the group of Celtic-revival cross memorials in the Abbey environs.
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