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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Aidan''s Church (Solva) Alternative Name: Maen Dewi, St David's StoneCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.562 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Pembrokeshire Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: St David's Nearest Village: Solva
Map Ref: SM799244
Latitude: 51.874623N Longitude: 5.198874W
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 |
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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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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)
Solva is some 3 miles east of St David's. In the church of St Aidan (Maedoc) beside the A487 there is an early Christinanized stone called 'Maen Dewi' - St David's Stone. It has an early Christian ring-cross carved onto it, but could, in fact, be a an older, prehistoric stone.
The stone was brought to St Aidan's church in 1925 after being discovered in use as a gatepost at St Elvis farm about a mile and half east of here. It had stood beside the second entrance to the farm for some considerable time without anyone realising what it was. On the stone there is an incised ring cross - a thin linear cross that is mainly concentrated within a round circle; however the lower arm or shaft extends downwards - the whole cross measures 8'x16' - and is probably a Christianized stone.
The artefact has long been associated with St David, patron St of Wales, and may have once stood beside St Aelbyw's holy well in St Elvis farmyard. This well is considered to be the one where David was baptised in about 500 AD by St Ailbhe, bishop of Munster, in Ireland. It probably stood in the old church of St Teilo which is now a ruin in the farmyard. The ruined church was said to measure 35 feet east to west and 17 feet across, but after 1850 it fell into decay and the stone and an old font were brought for safety to St Aidan's in Solva.
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