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Machen Churchyard

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 08220g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Graig
Unitary authority : Newport
NGR : ST22808808
Site Type (preferred type first) : Medieval Churchyard

Summary :
The churchyard is irregular, both now and on the tithe map of 1842, and slopes up slightly from SW to NE. On the tithe map it is shown as irregular, it is contained within a larger enclosure including the rectory

Description :
The churchyard is irregular, both now and on the tithe map of 1842, and slopes up slightly from SW to NE. On the tithe map it is shown as irregular, it is contained within a larger enclosure including the rectory; this larger enclosure is a quarter of a circle, partly surrounded by roads. The present boundary is a wall of coursed rubble; the main entrance, on the S side, consists of double gates and a stile, with a path directly to the S porch, and there are three sets of gates in the W side. The churchyard cross survives (PRN 30g).
Evans 1997 GGAT 51 Historic Churches Project

Sources :
Evans, E M , 1997 , Gwent Historic Churches Survey: Churches in the Diocese of Monmouth, Archdeaconry of Newport
Evans, E M , 2004 , Early Medieval Ecclesiastical sites in Southeast Wales: Rapid field survey of selected sites
Evans EM, 2003-04, GGAT 73 Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Sites Project

Events :
E001416 : Lower Machen (year : 2004)

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 00030g
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 05014g

Compiled date : 12-03-2004


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