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
82284
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
12/12/2003  
Date of Amendment
12/12/2003  
Name of Property
Cross base and sundial in Llangyndeyrn churchyard  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire  
Community
Llangyndeyrn  
Town
 
Locality
Llangyndyern  
Easting
245633  
Northing
213962  
Street Side
 
Location
On the S side of the church.  

Description


Broad Class
 
Period
 

History
A fragment of a medieval cross shaft to which a sundial was added in the C18 or early C19.  

Exterior
The freestone shaft has a square base with stopped angles. The octagonal tapering shaft, approximately 0.7m high, has a metal sundial plate on top. The gnomon is missing.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a rare surviving fragment of a medieval cross with well-preserved sundial, and for group value with the parish church.  

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