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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Tudclud (Penmachno) Alternative Name: St Tyddyd's Church (Penmachno)Country: Wales County: Conwy Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Village: Penmachno
Map Ref: SH78995059
Latitude: 53.038850N Longitude: 3.806249W
Condition:
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Five early Christian inscribed stones at St Tudclud's, Penmachno.
The church is recorded as Coflein NPRN 43816, which tell us "Two churches once stood in the churchyard. That dedicated to St Enclydwyn fell into ruin following the reformation and no trace is now apparent. The church dedicated to St Tyddyd was replaced by the present building in 1857. This contains fittings from its predecessor".
The six (although only 5 are described in the record) inscribed stones in the church are recorded as Coflein NPRN 27528, which includes details of each stone, together with their inscriptions.
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for St Tudclud’s Church, Penmachno, Conwy (Bwrdeistref Sirol), North Wales. The Journal also includes details of "A sixth gravestone is of the 13th century and commemorates prince Iorwerth ab Owain Gwynedd (Iorwerth Drwyndwn), who died in 1174 and was the eldest son of Owain, King of Gwynedd. And another slightly more recent slab-stone, maybe from the 8th century, has only an inscribed cross upon it". The Journal also gives us local legends together with a list of reference sources for more information.
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