Margam Stones Museum - CADW - Port Talbot, Wales, Great Britain
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Margam Stones Museum is a small Victorian schoolhouse in the grounds of Margam Abbey, which now provides a home for one of the most important collections of Welsh Christian stone crosses in Britain.
Waymark Code: WMGFN8
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/27/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Brentorboxer
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Of the 30 or so ancient carved stones in the museum, 17 are pre-Norman, and are displayed on the ground floor. The remainder are Margam Abbey memorials, housed in the upper gallery, and are mainly tomb slabs. They include Cistercian and post-reformation memorials.

"Margam Abbey Stones Museum is a small but significant museum in the care of CADW, housing a collection of inscribed pre- Romanesque, Roman and Celtic stones and crosses, some found within the Margam area, including the great Wheel Cross of Conbelin." Text Source: (visit link)

"One of the most important collections of Celtic stone crosses in Britain. All originally found within the locality of Margam, and mostly assembled as a collection in the 19th century, they provide enduring testimony to a Welsh Christian culture between the 6th and 16th centuries. The striking Cross of Conbelin is the most celebrated example. From around 1000AD, it is a huge disc cross with Celtic interlace and plaitwork patterns, figurative scenes including a hunting scene, and inscriptions telling us who made it and who erected it. There are 17 early Christian stones, plus 11 memorials and other stones from the post-Norman periods. The museum is run by Cadw, the Welsh historic sites agency, and is close to Margam Abbey Church and the ruins of the Abbey buildings." Text source: (visit link)

Hours of Operation:
1 October 2012 - 31 March 2013
Times
Access is by prior arrangement only by telephoning 01639 871184 on Wednesdays or Fridays
Property page on English Heritage website: [Web Link]

I am an English Heritage Member: no

Property Address:
Margam Stones Museum Margam Abbey Margam, Port Talbot. Wales. SA13 2TA


Property maintained by:: Cadw

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