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Pillar of Eliseg, cross and barrow

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 101159
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Llantysilio
Unitary authority : Denbighshire
NGR : SJ2027144525
Site Type (preferred type first) : MULTIPERIOD FUNERARY SITE / EARLY MEDIEVAL HISTORICAL SITE
Status : state care , scheduled monument

Summary :
Site with barrow c2.5m high on top of which is the remains of an inscribed cross which is 2.34m high.

Description :
Site with barrow c2.5m high on top of which is the remains of an inscribed cross which is 2.34m high. The inscription records the genealogy of the early kings of Powys. Stone and barrow are probably of different date.

Scheduled (Cadw 2000)

Sources :
Cadw , 1988 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - De015(DEN)
Cadw , 1992 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - De015(DEN)
Cadw , 2000 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - De015(DEN)
Cadw , 2001 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - De015(DEN)
Cadw , 2006 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - De015(DEN)
Cadw , ND , Scheduling map - DE015(DEN)
Davies, E., 1929 , The Prehistoric and Roman remains of Denbighshire ( © Davies, E)
Davies, J R , 1997 , Church, property and conflict in Wales, AD 600-1100 , Welsh History Review : 18.3 : 387-406
Edwards, N., Robinson, G & Williams, H , 2015 , Excavations at the Pillar of Eliseg, Llangollen 2010-2012 ( © Bangor University & Universtiy of Chester)
Moore, D , 1997 , Thomas Pennant's Vision of the Landscape , Archaeologia Cambrensis : 146 : 138-177
Nancy Edwards, Dai Morgan Evans, Gary Robinson and Howard Williams , 2011 , Evaluation excavation at the Pillar of Eliseg, Llangollen, 2010
Nancy Edwards, Gary Robinson and Howard Williams , 2012 , Excavations at the Pillar of Eliseg, Llangollen, 2nd season, September 2011
Ordnance Survey , 1975 , OS record card SJ 24 SW 1
Ralegh Radford, C A , 1971 , The pillar of Eliseg
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales , 1914 , Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire - IV County of Denbigh
Turner, A , 2008 , Pillar of Eliseg, Geophysical and Topographic Surveys ( © Turner, A)

Events :
123063 : Pillar of Eliseg, survey project 2008 (year : 2008)
115474 : Pillar of Eliseg, topographical survey 2008 (year : 2008)
115473 : Pillar of Eliseg, geophysical survey 2008 (year : 2008)
123713 : Pillar of Eliseg, Research Project 2009-11 (year : 2009-11)
142017 : Pillar of Eliseg, excavation 2011 (year : 2011)
142016 : Pillar of Eliseg, excavation 2010 (year : 2010)

Related records
CPAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 101159

Compiled date : 31-12-1982


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March 30, 2025, 4:27 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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