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
25492
Building Number
 
Grade
II*  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
11/06/2001  
Date of Amendment
11/06/2001  
Name of Property
Pilgrim's Graves S of ruins of St Michaels Church  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire  
Community
St. Clears  
Town
Carmarthen  
Locality
Trefenty  
Easting
230287  
Northing
213313  
Street Side
 
Location
Near S perimeter of the cemetery.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Late C12 or early C13 grave slabs, traditionally said to be of pilgrims, but perhaps associated with the nearby motte and bailey castle. In recent years, the stones have been partly encased in concrete.  

Exterior
Late C12 or early C13 carved stone grave slabs, arranged in a line of 3, with longer flanking slabs and a shorter centre slab. The outer slabs have short, round-headed stones at heads and feet. L slab, badly weathered, depicts a figure in knee-length tunic, with the head and foot stones displaying a horseman bearing a lance. The R slab was formerly hog-backed, decorated with a cross running the length of the ridge, also badly weathered, with cross and cable motifs to head and foot stones. The centre slab is much shorter, depicting a figure in a long skirt, probably a child's grave, partially obscured by the undergrowth.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as very rare Norman tombstones, of highly unusual form and decoration.  

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