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.
Date of Designation
24/01/2001
Date of Amendment
24/01/2001
Name of Property
Cross in churchyard of Church of St Eilian
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Location
Located in the churchyard directly to S of the W tower of the Church of St Eilian.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
Date unknown, but probably Medieval and may be contemporary with the main body of the church erected in late C15.
Exterior
Much weathered remains of a churchyard cross, comprising octagonal shaft on square base set on slab stepped base; the head of the shaft is encircled and surmounted by a narrower stone pier (the lower part of the original cross).
Reason for designation
Included as a Medieval churchyard cross which forms a goup with the adjacent Church of St Eilian.
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