Cemetery, St Cadfarch, Machynlleth, Powys, Wales, UK
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Ddraig Ddu
N 52° 35.547 W 003° 49.080
30U E 444588 N 5827249
A cemetery on the grounds of St Cadfarch, a mile east out of Machynlleth.
Waymark Code: WMGE03
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/20/2013
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"The churchyard is of irregular shape, but appears to have been extended westwards at some point, the rectilinear form at that end, a giveaway. Some of it is level but the ground slopes away south to the road and a sudden dip to the east hints at an earlier oval shaped enclosure. The graveyard is overgrown.
Boundary: stone wall overgrown with ivy and holly bushes, and on the south-east acts mainly as a retaining wall.
Monuments: 19th and 20thC burials surround the church, including the north side. There are also several table tombs and ledgers of 18thC date on the south side, the earliest seen of 1761.
Earthworks: the churchyard is raised by 0.5m on the south, less than 1m on the north and east, but 3m-4m on the south-east above the adjacent farm. Within the churchyard is a scarp bank perhaps 0.6m which marks the old western perimeter of the yard.
Furniture: a slab set in the exterior face of the wall to the west of the gates records the birth of the Welsh artist Richard Wilson in the parish in 1713; his father was Rector of Penegoes. The slab and the modern entrance dates from 1970.
Ancillary features: on the south modern entrance gates and an adjoining slate stile give on to a tarmac path leading to the porch.
Vegetation: several old yews surround the churchyard, including several against the north all. There is a massive specimen at the south-east corner. Rhododendron bushes, probably from the 19thC.
Well: on the south side of the road opposite the church, a well known as St Cadfarch's Well, is said to have healing properties. The stone-lined well has been recently restored."
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