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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Dogfan's (Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant)Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Oswestry
Map Ref: SJ123260
Latitude: 52.824368N Longitude: 3.302961W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Part of 9th or 10th Century Cross Shaft, with 9th to 11th Century Cross Slab.
Access subject to church opening.
Information in the church reads: "There is also a large fragment of red sandstone, deeply carved, which must have come from Shropshire or Cheshire. It is part of a cylindrical 9th or 10th century shaft with angular fret...".
The larger slab has a whole A4 notice detailing its history
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"The Cwgan Stone
The inscription on this stone reads
CO(CORG)OM FILIU(S) EDELSTAN
it is believed to commemorate a Cwgan, son of Edelstan"
The stone was discovered in the church fabric in the 1850s, and is now believed to be a 9th Century tomb stone reworked more elaorately in the 11th Century.
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