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Remains of St Mary's Church, Pennard

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NPRN305606
Map ReferenceSS58NW
Grid ReferenceSS5455088480
Unitary (Local) AuthoritySwansea
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityPennard
Type Of SiteCHURCH
PeriodMedieval
Description

The remains of St Mary's Church, Pennard, consisting of a nave (13m E-W) and a chancel (13m E-W), were consumed by sand around the fourteenth cenury. The reamins are footings, but the western wall of the nave stands to 2.4m high.

A painter’s muller and stone pallet with red pigment were excavated from the church and exhibited in 1861 but are now lost.

Associated with:
Settlement (NPRN 15437).

Sources include:
Os495card; SS58NW26
Richard Suggett, Painted Temples: Wallpaintings and Rood-screens in Welsh Churches, 1200–1800, (RCAHMW 2021)

RCAHMW 2022