Graveyard Wall to Abbey of St Mary, Aberdaron, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7644 / 52°45'51"N

Longitude: -4.7874 / 4°47'14"W

OS Eastings: 212028

OS Northings: 322173

OS Grid: SH120221

Mapcode National: GBR GPKD.7TC

Mapcode Global: WH33S.FSH4

Plus Code: 9C4QQ677+P2

Entry Name: Graveyard Wall to Abbey of St Mary

Listing Date: 26 June 1998

Last Amended: 26 June 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20049

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300020049

Location: Wall enclosing the graveyard with the ruined abbey tower in NW corner.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Aberdaron

Locality: Yr Enlli / Bardsey Island

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Churchyard wall

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History

Graveyard walls probably later C19 enclosing the island graveyard and presumably part of the monastic site as the tower stands in the NW corner.

Exterior

Walls, rubble stone with squared stone cappings enclosing the rectangular graveyard.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as part of a group with the Abbey ruins, and one of a series of similar walls forming a striking feature of the Bardsey landscape.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Newborough Cross
Situated in separately walled enclosure just N of the Abbey graveyard.
II Memorial Cross in graveyard centre
Situated towards the centre of the Abbey graveyard SE of the Abbey ruin.
I Ruin of Abbey of St Mary
Situated towards the N end of the island in walled churchyard.
II Walled Enclosure to Newborough Cross
Walled roughly square enclosure around the Newborough cross.
II Hendy and Ty Nant
Situated just N of the Newborough cross towards N end of the island.
II Memorial Cross in graveyard to S
Situated at the SW corner of the Abbey graveyard.
II Boundary Walls to Hendy and Ty Nant
Enclosing walls to paired rear gardens and narrow front gardens to Hendy and Ty Nant.
II Double Farm-court to Hendy/Ty Nant and Ty Bach/Ty Nesaf.
Situated just W of Abbey ruin.

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Graveyard Wall to Abbey of St Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Aberdaron, Gwynedd