Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
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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