Maen Achwyfan
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| Maen Achwyfan Cross | |
|---|---|
.jpg?lang=en) "the tallest Wheel-Cross in Britain" | |
| Type | Cross |
| Location | Whitford, Flintshire |
| Coordinates | 53°17′55″N 3°18′31″W / 53.2986°N 3.30853°W |
| Built | 10th/11th century |
| Governing body | Cadw |
| Official name | Maen Achwyfan |
| Reference no. | FL005 |
  Location of Maen Achwyfan Cross in Flintshire | |
Maen Achwyfan is a high cross dating from the late 10th or early 11th century. Standing 3.4 metres (11 ft) high, it is the tallest wheel cross in Britain, and a Scheduled monument.
History and description
Cadw translates Maen Achwyfan as "the stone of [Saint] Cwyfan" and dates the cross to the early Medieval or Medieval periods.[1] Edward Hubbard, in his Clwyd Pevsner, suggests a build date of the late 10th or early 11th century.[2]
References
Sources
- {{cite book
|last = Hubbard | first = Edward | authorlink = Edward Hubbard |title = Clwyd: Denbighshire and Flintshire |series = The Buildings of Wales |url = https://www.worldcat.org/title/clwyd-denbighshire-and-flintshire/oclc/909280390&referer=brief_results |date = 2003 |publisher = [[Yale University Press] |location = New Haven, US and London |isbn = 978-0-300-09627-9 |ref = CITEREFHubbard2003
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