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
22522
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
22/10/1999  
Date of Amendment
22/10/1999  
Name of Property
Remains of churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Caerphilly  
Community
Risca  
Town
 
Locality
Risca  
Easting
323643  
Northing
191150  
Street Side
 
Location
Near the S churchyard wall close to main thoroughfare.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Churchyard crosses were erected in the later medieval period to indicate the sanctity of the ground for burial, to play a role in some parts of the liturgy and to serve as a focus for itinerant preachers. Some were truncated in post medieval period and used as sundials, which may have been the case here. The churchyard preceded the present church built 1852 on the site of a medieval church founded probably in C12. As the existing churchyard monuments are contemporary with or later than the church it is likely the churchyard was cleared at the time of the demolition and the cross may not be in its original position; it would have stood on a series of steps.  

Exterior
Socket stone and part of shaft of a churchyard cross; the socket stone has chamfered angles and the shaft is broached at base.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included for its historic interest and for group value with the church, churchyard monuments and gateway.  

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