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ECM: Port Talbot; Thomas Cross (replica)
A cylindrical pillar stone, featuring incised crosses and a Latin inscription. A. Linear Latin cross cut as a broad groove with slightly splayed arms, the upper arm lost. B. Somewhat larger outline cross, with regularly splayed arms. C. As B., but with the upper limb lost through fracture. Below the cross arm, there is an inscription divided by the cross-stem.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
1898.310
Find Information
Site Name: Cwrt Isaf, Port Talbot
Collection Method: chance find
Date: 1847
Notes: Original monument 'discovered' at above locality sometime before above date. Subsequently moved to Margam; it is now located in the Margam Abbey Museum.
Acquisition
Purchase, 1898
Measurements
height / mm:1500
diameter / mm:380
Material
stone
Plaster of Paris
Techniques
cast
Location
In store
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