Featured: Friendly specialist tours to ancient, mystical and historical sites in the UK and beyond

Friendly specialist tours to ancient, mystical and historical sites in the UK and beyond

Stone Circles, a Modern Builder's Guide to the Megalithic Revival

Stone Circles, a Modern Builder's Guide to the Megalithic Revival

Who's Online

There are currently, 308 guests and 0 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> St Cadfan (Tywyn) - Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by TimPrevett on Thursday, 24 May 2007  Page Views: 16037

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Cadfan (Tywyn) Alternative Name: Cadfan Stone,
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 10.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Gwynedd Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
 Nearest Village: Tywyn
Map Ref: SH58770094
Latitude: 52.587863N  Longitude: 4.086139W
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
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
4
Be the first person to rate this site - see the 'Contribute!' box in the right hand menu.

Internal Links:
External Links:

I have visited· I would like to visit

PAB visited on 1st Sep 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5

Orcinus have visited here

St Cadfan (Tywyn)
St Cadfan (Tywyn) submitted by PAB : Cadfan Stone - lower part of front 'panel'. This is considered to be the earliest known inscription in the Welsh language. Probably early 9th century, but said to be even earlier by some sources... Sept 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Early Christian Sculptured Stone in St Cadfan's Church, in Gwynedd.

Hugely important early Christian inscribed stone with 2.3 metres tall, in St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


St Cadfan (Tywyn)
St Cadfan (Tywyn) submitted by PAB : Interior of St Cadfan's church - an atmospheric and very impressive structure! The ancient inscribed stones can be seen between the huge columns... Sept 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Cadfan (Tywyn)
St Cadfan (Tywyn) submitted by PAB : Cadfan Stone - lower section showing the ancient Welsh inscriptions. Sept 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Cadfan (Tywyn)
St Cadfan (Tywyn) submitted by PAB : Cadfan Stone - showing how slender the stone is! Sept 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Cadfan (Tywyn)
St Cadfan (Tywyn) submitted by PAB : St Cadfan Stone - the information panel, with details of the inscriptions on all four faces. Sept 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Cadfan (Tywyn)
St Cadfan (Tywyn) submitted by PAB : Cadfan Stone - detail of the cross on the upper part of the stone. Photo: Sept 2012

St Cadfan (Tywyn)
St Cadfan (Tywyn) submitted by PAB : Cadfan Stone - bearing the earliest known inscription in the Welsh language. Probably early 9th century, but said to be even earlier by some sources... Photo: Sept 2012

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 1.1km NE 55° Croes Faen* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH59690154)
 1.4km SE 141° Esguan Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN5961499839)
 2.7km NNW 341° Fron Newydd Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH5797403504)
 3.2km N 6° Gwyddfryniau* Standing Stones (SH5922204150)
 4.0km N 8° Waun Fach* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH5944404873)
 4.7km E 85° Nant Y Bala Cairn (SH6343301213)
 4.7km NNW 336° Llanfendigaid Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH5698705276)
 4.7km ESE 120° Happy Valley Tumulus* Round Barrow(s) (SN62809846)
 5.6km NNE 25° Glanmachlas Standing Stones* Standing Stones (SH6132905937)
 6.6km NNE 32° Tyrgawen* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH6238106444)
 6.7km NNE 15° Hut Circles And Enclosure East of Cae'r Mynach* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH607074)
 6.7km ESE 108° Llyn Barfog Cairn* Cairn (SN65159868)
 6.8km ESE 108° Llyn Barfog Stone Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN6521298686)
 6.9km NNE 15° Cairn east of Cae'r Mynach* Cairn (SH608075)
 6.9km NNE 14° Circular Enclosure West of Allt Lwyd* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH607076)
 7.0km ESE 112° Carn March Arthur Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN6526298167)
 7.3km NNE 20° Cairn and enclosure south of Allt Lwyd* Cairn (SH615077)
 7.3km NNE 16° Cairn West of Allt Lwyd* Cairn (SH610079)
 7.4km NNE 20° Allt Lwyd Cairn and Ritual Complex* Cairn (SH615078)
 7.5km E 94° Eglwys Gwyddelod* Stone Circle (SH66260016)
 7.8km NNE 17° Cairn South of Afon Gwril* Cairn (SH613083)
 7.8km NNE 16° Afon Gwril Cairn* Cairn (SH611084)
 8.0km NNE 17° Afon Gwril Hut Circle Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH613085)
 8.1km N 2° Castell y Gaer* Hillfort (SH593090)
 8.1km NE 42° Craig Yr Aderyn* Hillfort (SH644068)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Graig Fawr (Dyserth)

Margam Stones Museum >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Before the Pyramids, Cracking Archaeology's Greatest Mystery by Knight & Butler

Before the Pyramids, Cracking Archaeology's Greatest Mystery by Knight &  Butler

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"St Cadfan (Tywyn)" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.