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Site of Church Associated with Dmv 01862w, Rhossili Burrows

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 00150w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Rhossili
Unitary authority : Swansea
NGR : SS4153588375
Site Type (preferred type first) : Medieval Church
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
Church on Rhossili Burrows; associated with DMV or possibly grange; burials have appeared sporadically since 1949.

Description :
Church on Rhossili Burrows; associated with DMV or possibly grange; burials have appeared sporadically since 1949. Wade-Evans (1911, 35) notes an extinct Capel Cynnydd in the parish of Rhossili but does not quote his sources; unsupported identifications must be treated with caution as he makes free use of Iolo Morgannwg. (An alternative possibility for a Capel Cynnydd could be at Paviland Grange.)
Evans 2003: GGAT 73 Early-Medieval Ecclesiastical Sites Project database

The layout of the church that was based on documentary evidence was confirmed by an excavation in 1980 by GGAT. The area excavated also included a section going down to the floor this revealed it to be a reddish-brown clay, which had been cut in a number of places. The walls that were uncovered had survived in good condition and were revealed to have been constructed from local dressed stone bonded with lime mortar and plastered internally and externally with whitish yellow lime plaster. Two parts of the wall had been painted and a consecration cross had been cut into one part. Three windows were identified in the south wall, two in the nave and one in the chancel.
During the clearance of the sand a child's skeleton had been recovered from the remains. The pit the body had been laid in had been cut from near the ground surface and no stratigragphy was noted above, only the vegetation.

Sources :
Davidson, A., Davidson, J., Owen-John, H. and Toft, L. , 1987 , Excavations at the Sand Covered Medieval Settlement at Rhossili, West Glamorgan. , The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies. : 34 : 244-269
Evans, E M , 2003 , Early Medieval Ecclesiastical sites in Southeast Wales: Desk based assessment
Wade-Evans , 1911 , Parochiale Wallicarum
01/PM List/Cadw/1995/Application for Scheduled Monument Consent
Evans EM, 2003-04, GGAT 73 Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Sites Project
02/desc text/middleton-jones/199?/Gower, South Wales, a computer based investigation
01/desc text/DILLWYN LW./1840/SWANSEA/*/*

Events :
E000583 : SITE OF CHURCH ASSOCIATED WITH DMV 01862W (RHOSSILI BURROWS) (year : 1980)
E001386 : Early medieval ecclesiastical sites in Southeast Wales desk based assessment (year : 2003)
E000659 : EXCAVATION AT RHOSSILI SAND DUNES IN 1980 (year : 1980)
E004840 : The National Trust Archaeological Survey South West Gower properties: Rhossili-Mewslade (year : 2003)

Related records
National Monuments Record NPRN 93261
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 01862w
National Trust PRN 89352

Compiled date : 12-03-2004


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