Gwynedd Archaeological
Trust Regional Historic Environment Record
Incised Stone Wheel Cross, Llangaffo Church
Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 2607 Trust : Gwynedd Community : Rhosyr Unitary authority : Ynys Mon NGR : SH44626852 Site Type (preferred type first) : EARLY MEDIEVAL INCISED STONE Status : Scheduled Monument
Description : Lower half of wheel head with tenon 22ins diameter x 21 1/2ins h x 8 1/2 ins th. Head of so-called Celtic type (Collingwood, Northumbrian Crosses P140).
Triple-beaded wheel with moulded central strap around outer edge. Cross arms edged with raised mouldings and four triple-beaded two-cord looped twists (Revue Archeologique 501) fills both faces. All carves in medium relief. In church porch. Cast No 02.167. Possible vestiges of decoration on arm end. C10-C11. <1>
Cross-head in porch. Fragment of pierced wheel cross-head with interlaced work of three strands on either side: C9-C10. (RCAHMW, 1937)
Located near vestry-door. <3>
A series of nine incised stones and cross-shafts within the graveyard of Llangaffo Church dating to the Early Medieval period. The earliest stone in the collection, a wheel-cross gravestone in the sacristy, dates from the 7th Century. Five more stones stand against a low wall opposite the church door and other stones can be found in the graveyard walls. (Cooke, 2013)
An article that includes illustrated interpretation and discussion regarding the decoration on the remains of the cross and slabs at Llangaffo church. (Hughes 1922).
Events : 42485 : Prn 2607 Gat Site Visit (year : 1986) 44548 : Bodrida Wind Turbine, Brynsiencyn, Isle of Anglesey (year : 2013) 44557 : Early Celtic Societies in North Wales (year : 2010)
