Churchyard Cross at Church of St Illtyd is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 July 2001. Monument.

Churchyard Cross at Church of St Illtyd

WRENN ID
pale-eave-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 July 2001
Type
Monument
Address
Churchyard Cross at Church of St Illtyd, Mamhilad, Pontypool, Goetre Fawr
OS grid reference
SO 305 034
Coordinates
51.72512, -3.00729
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Churchyard Cross at the Church of St Illtyd is a decayed stone monument consisting of a cut stone base and shaft. The base features a square socket stone with broached corners. The shaft starts as a square and transitions to an octagonal shape, but it is progressively more spalled and ultimately broken at the top. The remaining height of the monument is approximately 1.5 meters.

Local climate

Churchyard Cross at Church of St Illtyd receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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