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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Llanveyno Crosses Alternative Name: St Beuno's Cross, Llanveyno Crosses, Llanveynoe Cross; St Peter's ChurchCountry: England County: Herefordshire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Hay On Wye Nearest Village: Llanveyno (Llanveynoe)
Map Ref: SO3031131361
Latitude: 51.976326N Longitude: 3.015984W
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| 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 |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
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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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One of these shaped stones shows a crucifixion scene with Christ wearing a tunic. His arms stretched outwards on the cross and his feet are in a standing position. His head leans to one side. Also on this stone there are some small round holes or cup-marks. So it could be a pagan stone that has been Christianised. The other stone, next to it, has half an incised cross and some letters carved onto it, perhaps part of an inscription. The carvings may date from the 6th or 7th century.
In the churchyard there is a short-armed thin cross some 5 foot high. It is probably Celtic in origin and pre-Conquest. A groove runs down the cross, as if it has been used as a water channel in more recent times. This cross was found in the 1870s and put back into the churchyard. St Beuno lived here in the early 7th century and may have founded a small monastery. He later went N and built 10 more churches in north Wales - his best known being Clynnog Fawr. He died there in 640 AD.
The church is also known as St Peter's and the crosses are scheduled as Historic England List ID 1078174 (cross approx. 5m south of the church) and List ID 1078173 (the church and two panels inset into the south wall of the nave). Pastscape Monument No. 105937 gives further details, including a further fragments which can be found inside the church.
The Journal of Antiquities also features a page for these crosses - see their entry for St Beuno’s Church, Llanveynoe, Herefordshire, which includes photographs of two of the carved stones, background information about the church and information about St Beuno.
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