The City Cross
The City Cross
The City Cross
The City Cross
The City Cross
The City Cross
The City Cross

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A Latin cross, octagonal in section, with diamonds at the end of each arm and at the top. It is standing on a piece of ground, all upon a square flight of four steps on all sides.
Title

The City Cross

Date

13th C & 1897

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 239 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 91 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

CF5_MWB_S056

Work type

Cross

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

12/02/52

Access

at all times

Inscription description

inscribed on the riser of the top step: The City Cross was reset, and the Green partially / enclosed at the public cost, by the Llandaff Parish Council, / in the year of our Lord 1897, being the Sixtieth year of / the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. / James R. Buckley. / Chairman.

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Located at

The Cathedral Green, Cardiff (Caerdydd)

CF5 2YF