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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Crallog (Coychurch) - Ancient Cross in Wales in West Glamorgan

Submitted by TimPrevett on Thursday, 24 May 2007  Page Views: 6560

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Crallog (Coychurch)
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.869 km away from the location you searched for.

County: West Glamorgan Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Bridgend  Nearest Village: Coychurch
Map Ref: SS93997970
Latitude: 51.506256N  Longitude: 3.528839W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
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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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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St Crallog (Coychurch)
St Crallog (Coychurch) submitted by sem : Restored in 1876 The cross originally stood outside the the church and was destroyed when the church tower fell down. The cost of restoration was £1800 pounds. It has been suggested that it dates from C7 but more realistically from 9/10 Cent. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Cross in West Glamorgan

Ancient Cross in St Crallog's, Coychurch.
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St Crallog (Coychurch)
St Crallog (Coychurch) submitted by Sunny100 : Illustration of the top section of The Cross of Ebisar by Professor Westwood 'Lapidarium Walliae'. This 10th century Celtic wheel cross stands in the nave of St Crallo's church; it had originally stood in the churchyard. It has intricate designwork including interlaced plaitwork. At the top of the shaft an inscription recalls 'Ebisar'. It may be the cross marked the grave of St Crallo, a 6th cen... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SS9379 : St.Crallo's Church Coychurch by kenneth rees
by kenneth rees
©2007(licence)
SS9379 : Main Road bus stop and shelter, Coychurch by Jaggery
by Jaggery
©2020(licence)
SS9379 : Coychurch stop for buses to Bridgend by Jaggery
by Jaggery
©2020(licence)
SS9379 : St. Crallo's church, Coychurch by Jonathan Billinger
by Jonathan Billinger
©2009(licence)
SS9479 : Y Llys/The Court, Coychurch by Jaggery
by Jaggery
©2020(licence)

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