Latitude: 51.7584 / 51°45'30"N
Longitude: -2.8699 / 2°52'11"W
OS Eastings: 340053
OS Northings: 206992
OS Grid: SO400069
Mapcode National: GBR JC.0DTD
Mapcode Global: VH79P.62NB
Plus Code: 9C3VQ45J+92
Entry Name: Cross at Croes Lwyd
Listing Date: 31 January 2001
Last Amended: 31 January 2001
Grade: I
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 24716
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Also known as: Cross at Croes Llwyd Farm, Raglan
ID on this website: 300024716
Location: Situated on S side of Broom Lane about 400m E of Broom House, at the bottom of the garden at Whitecross Cottage.
County: Monmouthshire
Town: Raglan
Community: Raglan (Rhaglan)
Community: Raglan
Traditional County: Monmouthshire
Tagged with: Preaching cross
Monolith shaft and head of a medieval preaching cross. The cross was situated on the former boundary of the C15 Lordship of Raglan and is specifically mentioned in the grant of the Lordship to William Herbert in 1465.
Stone cross and top of octagonal shaft hewn from a single piece of stone. The top of the shaft has a very plain flat capital and the head has raised Greek cross and raised border to rough 8-sided head, the diagonal sides concave-curved.
Included as a very rare survival of a medieval boundary marker.
Scheduled Ancient Monument MM156.
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