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Medieval (High and Late)Site Name: St Andrew's Church (Presteigne) Alternative Name: Presteigne Church; Llanandras ChurchCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.099 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Presteigne
Map Ref: SO3156864528
Latitude: 52.274625N Longitude: 3.00437W
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| 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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| 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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Anne T visited on 14th Jul 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 St Andrew's Churchyard Cross, Presteigne: From the Kinnerton Standing Stone, we drove into New Radnor to try and get some lunch, only to find all the shops, pubs and cafe all shut down, which meant driving onto Presteigne. Andrew was keen to see the c1510 AD Flemish tapestry in the church, but as we walked into the churchyard, found this cross, too.
This churchyard cross, at the south eastern entrance to the churchyard, is recorded as Archwilio PRN 323, which describes this as: "a square-sectioned shaft but with stopped chamfers. One face is inset. It is about 0.9m high and fixed in an octagonal base".
There is also an entry in Coflein NPRN 306466, which simply tells us this is: "An octagonal cross-shaft is fixed into an octagonal cross-base of dubious antiquity".
Inside the church, displayed on the north wall, is a Flemish tapestry which dates from around 1510 AD, showing the Entry of Christ into Jerusalem. The information sign tells us that "it is very similar to one of a set of the Life of Christ originally made for Canterbury Cathedral and now in Aix-en-Provence. It was clearly made from the same cartoon".
The name Llanandras (Presteigne's Welsh name), means "the holy place of St Andrew". The website for the church tells us there has been a church on this site since before the Norman Conquest, although the current church is largely 14th century.
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