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<< Image Pages >> Grosmont Churchyard Cross - Ancient Cross in Wales in Monmouthshire

Submitted by Sunny100 on Monday, 26 July 2010  Page Views: 5741

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Grosmont Churchyard Cross Alternative Name: The Grosmont Cross, Jack O'Kent's Cross
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 3.206 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Monmouthshire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Abergavenny  Nearest Village: Grosmont
Map Ref: SO40462432
Latitude: 51.914211N  Longitude: 2.867027W
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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3 Access:
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4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Grosmont Churchyard Cross
Grosmont Churchyard Cross submitted by Sunny100 : Grosmont Churchyard Cross, Monmouthshire. An early Medieval carved fragment on top of a later stone shaft and octagonal base. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Cross in Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)

Grosmont Churchyard Cross in Monmouthshire. In the churchyard of St Nicholas' church stands an early Medieval preaching cross, dating probably from the 11th/12th century CE. The top section or fragment has a carving of Mary holding baby Jesus, with some other decoration around that - and what might be a bovine animal just below that.

The lower part - the shaft or socket stone is more recent in date, perhaps late Medieval. The shaft stands upon an octagonal base. It seems likely that this was once a preaching cross to where the local people would congregate and be converted.

A local legend claims that the giant, Jack o' Kent was buried beneath the cross sometime in the 14th-15th century. He lived at Kentchester nearby. He is credited with throwing Harold's Stones from Beacon Hill to where they now stand, and also jumping from the Sugar Loaf mountain to the Skirrid Fawr (Holy Mountain) near Grosmont.

This site is also recorded as Coflein NPRN 306507, which contains basic details: "A socket stone with a fragment of cross-shaft in Grosmont churchyard".

The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for this site - see their page for Churchyard Cross, St Nicholas’ Church, Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales, which includes drawings of the cross and the carved cross head, together with a description and directions for finding this site. The Journal also includes quotations from several sources of information, together with a list of reference material and other related websites. The Journal adds: "Today, however, the churchyard cross looks rather forlorn with its chopped down shaft, but it still stands here on its octagonal base – alas though without the carved cross-head. But ‘this’ carved section is safe and secure in the south transept of St Nicholas’ church after it was stolen some years back".
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Grosmont Churchyard Cross
Grosmont Churchyard Cross submitted by Sunny100 : Illustration of The Grosmont Churchyard Cross. On the reverse side Christ's crucifixtion is depicted. The top fragment is of a Medieval date, the shaft is later. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Grosmont Churchyard Cross by Enki on Thursday, 19 April 2012
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This item has been stolen by looters, according to this report in Wales Online.
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Re: Grosmont Churchyard Cross by Sunny100 on Tuesday, 27 July 2010
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I forgot to mention in the above article/submission that on the reverse side of the cross there is a carving of Christ on the cross. Sorry about that folks. The illustration (above) shows this.
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