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<< Text Pages >> Pontfaen Church - Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Wales in Pembrokeshire

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 24 March 2003  Page Views: 6773

Early MedievalSite Name: Pontfaen Church
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Pembrokeshire Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Fishguard  Nearest Village: Pontfaen
Map Ref: SN022341  Landranger Map Number: 145
Latitude: 51.970082N  Longitude: 4.880956W
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
4 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
0No data.
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
3

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Pontfaen Church submitted by durhamnature : Another old carved stone, from "Archaeologia Cambrensis" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pontfaen Church submitted by durhamnature : Leaning stone, from "Archaeologia Cambrensis" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SN0234 : Pontfaen Churchyard by Dylan Moore
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SN0234 : Wooden seat by Alan Hughes
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SN0234 : St Brynach&#8217;s Church, Pontfaen - interior by welshbabe
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SN0234 : St Brynach&#8217;s Church, Pontfaen - interior - chair by welshbabe
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SN0234 : Pontfaen parish church by Dylan Moore
by Dylan Moore
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