Pilgrim's Graves S of ruins of St Michaels Church is a Grade II* listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 June 2001. Grave slabs.
Pilgrim's Graves S of ruins of St Michaels Church
- WRENN ID
- burning-pediment-fog
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 11 June 2001
- Type
- Grave slabs
- Address
- Pilgrim's Graves S of ruins of St Michaels Church, Trefenty, Carmarthen, St. Clears
- OS grid reference
- SN 302 133
- Coordinates
- 51.79266, -4.46231
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Pilgrim's Graves, located south of the ruins of St Michael's Church, consist of three carved stone grave slabs dating from the late 12th century or early 13th century. These slabs are arranged in a line, with two longer slabs flanking a shorter central slab. The outer slabs feature short, round-headed stones at both the heads and feet. The left slab, which is badly weathered, depicts a figure wearing a knee-length tunic, with the head and foot stones showing a horseman holding a lance. The right slab, also badly weathered, was previously hog-backed and is decorated with a cross running along the length of the ridge, along with cross and cable motifs on the head and foot stones. The central slab is much shorter and depicts a figure in a long skirt, likely indicating a child's grave, although it is partially obscured by undergrowth.
Local climate
Pilgrim's Graves S of ruins of St Michaels Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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