Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
GM130
Name
Penmaen Burrows Church
Date of Designation
14/12/1964
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Ilston
Easting
253134
Northing
188160
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a church probably dating to the medieval period. The church, on Penmaen Burrows, was probably besanded before AD 1320. It was excavated in 1861 by Moggridge and Eaton, revealing a stone altar, a well-preserved piscina and four graves set in the floor. Over the solid stone altar had been a single-light window, while in the north wall of the chancel, near the east end, was a similar window. Finds included fragments of early painted glass, a stone muller and flat grinding stone with red pigment, and early English jug and a 12th or 13th century thurible.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval ecclesiastical organisation. The monument forms an important element within the wider medieval context and the structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information in regard to chronology, building techniques and functional detail.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.