Churchyard Cross in St David’s Churchyard
Information
Grade II
Date Listed 29/01/1998
Nat Grid ref 28755 17984
Location:
On the South side of Church near the porch
History;
Churchyard crosses mostly date from the medieval period and acted as a site for preaching, especially for the itinerant orders, a focus of liturgical processions and to sanctify the churchyard for burial before the development of individual Graveyard monuments after the Reformation. Top of shaft has been remodelled, creating a knob finial possibly from the base of a earlier crucifix.
Listed:
Listed as a medieval churchyard cross which is mostly intact and for group value with the church of St David and Cliff Cottage.
Reference:
Newman J, Glamorgan, Buildings of Wales series, 1995, p369