Monument in churchyard of St Cattwg is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 November 2003. Monument.
Monument in churchyard of St Cattwg
- WRENN ID
- blind-ashlar-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 November 2003
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument in churchyard of St Cattwg, Cadoxton-Juxta-Neath, Blaenhonddan
- OS grid reference
- SS 755 985
- Coordinates
- 51.67203, -3.80098
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The monument located in the churchyard of St Cattwg is a stone structure with tapered sides and a gabled top. It features a flat front that displays a finely lettered inscription commemorating the murder of Margaret Williams. The inscription, which uses enlarged lettering for emphasis, reads:
"1823 To record MURDER this stone was erected over the body of Margaret Williams aged 26 a native of Carmarthenshire living in service in this parish who was found dead with marks of violence upon her person in a ditch on the marsh below this churchyard on the morning of Sunday the fourteenth of July 1822. - Although THE SAVAGE MURDERER escaped for a season the detection of man yet GOD HATH SET HIS MARK UPON HIM either for time or eternity and THE CRY OF BLOOD will assuredly pursue him to certain and terrible but righteous JUDGEMENT."
Local climate
Monument in churchyard of St Cattwg sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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