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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mary's Church (Caerhun)Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.49 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Conwy Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Conywy Nearest Village: Caerhun
Map Ref: SH77697040
Latitude: 53.216535N Longitude: 3.833189W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Conwy
This early medieval church is recorded as Coflein NPRN 43767, which mentions: "the roof was once painted red and sprinkled with white stars".
The Journal of Antiquities includes an entry for this church within its page for the nearby Caerhun Roman Fort, Caernarvonshire, of which not much survives. The JoA tells us: "Outside, a small square-shaped medieval stone showing Christ crucified is built into the wall. Some of the stones from the Roman fort are incorporated into the walls of the church".
Whilst there is no specific mention of this stone, there is a digital image of this sculptured stone in the Coflein record.
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