Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
Regional Historic Environment Record

Incised Stone Cross Slab, Llangaffo Church

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 2617
Trust : Gwynedd
Community : Rhosyr
Unitary authority : Ynys Mon
NGR : SH44626852
Site Type (preferred type first) : EARLY MEDIEVAL INCISED STONE
Status : Scheduled Monument

Description :
Small slab 39ins x ? Gritstone. Outline Latin cross in low relief, with a blunt spiked foot. C7th-C11th. In churchyard standing near pathway to NE. <1>

Small slab 3ft 3ins long with a raised Latin cross with a blunt spiked foot. Standing near pathway to NE. (RCAHMW, 1937)

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).

Sources :
Cooke, R. , 2013 , Bodrida Wind Turbine, Brynsiencyn, Isle of Anglesey: Archaeological Desk Based Assessment ( © Aeon Archaeology)
Hughes, H. , 1922 , Early Christian Decorative Art In Anglesey
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales , 1937 , An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Anglesey
Waddington, K. , 2010 , Early Celtic Societies in North Wales
Waddington, K. , 2013 , The Settlements of Northwest Wales: From the Late Bronze Age to the Early Medieval Period
Walker, D. , 1985-1988 , Churches on Anglesey: Notes, Drawings and Photos
Walker, D. , 1985-1988 , Churches on Anglesey: Notes, Drawings and Photos
Walker, D. , 1985-1988 , Notes on Stone Imagery from Ecclesiastical Sites, Anglesey
Nash Williams, V. E. , 1950 , The Early Christian Monuments of Wales , <1>

Events :
44548 : Bodrida Wind Turbine, Brynsiencyn, Isle of Anglesey (year : 2013)
44557 : Early Celtic Societies in North Wales (year : 2010)

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Compiled date : 06-11-1986


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