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Eglwys y Grog (Holy Cross Church)

Mwnt, Cardigan SA43 1QH, UK

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Detailed Information

Place Types Church
Address Mwnt, Cardigan SA43 1QH, UK
Coordinate 52.1368937,-4.6388014
Website https://parish.churchinwales.org.uk/d841/churches-en/holy-cross
Rating 4.8
Compound Code 49P6+QF Cardigan, UK

Openning hours

Monday Open 24 hours
Tuesday Open 24 hours
Wednesday Open 24 hours
Thursday Open 24 hours
Friday Open 24 hours
Saturday Open 24 hours
Sunday Open 24 hours

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Reviews

Paul Elliott (10/18/2020)

Very picturesque.

Rachel Anne Derrick (11/01/2019)

Lovely little church in an amazing location and nice to see that people still attend occasional services there.

Carl Saunders (02/22/2019)

Beautiful location, very windy walk along the top of the cliffs. Well worth the effort. Seal watching along the sea was great, the scenery stunning. What a beautiful location. The church was interesting, lots of information about it, and some artefacts on display openly to the public, very trusting. Just a shame some idiot has scrawled their name on one of the pews! Lovely area and very much worth a visit.

Eliot Collins (10/03/2019)

The tiny Church of the Holy Cross, or Eglwys y Grog in Welsh, stands on the pilgrimage route between St David's and Bardsey Island. It stands in a open space at the foot a the mount the Mwnt community is named for. Its dedication to the Holy Cross suggests a very early medieval origin but the current building dates from the 13th or 14th centuries. The font is from the 12th century and predates the church. Mounted to the wall near the curiously short rood stairs are the remains of the 15th century rood screen. The graveyard contains graves remembered many long lived residents, testaments to the benefits of bracing sea air. They were referred to as Hen Gewri'r Mwnt, or the Old Giants of Mwnt. Occasionally in the surrounding farmland bones are uncovered. These date from 1155 when a band of Flemish soldiers set sail from Flanders, landing at Mwnt and being soundly thrashed by the native Welsh.

robert robertson (10/24/2018)

My wife has loved this church since she was a girl. She had often spoke. About it and got so excited when it was glimpsed in tv and referred to it as her church. So we’re on a holiday to Wales and this was one of the top spots on her list of places to visit. The church is pretty isolated and this adds to its natural beauty. We parked up and walked over to it. The door has a note on it saying that it is open but please close the door. So we went in. And peace settled. We could hardly hear the wind or the sea. I’m not religious but there was something about the simplicity of the church that said more to me about faith than the opulence of somewhere like St. David’s, which we went to a couple of days before. The church has stood for several hundred years and will easily outlast me. Go see it if you’re in the area, or if you’re not. Bung them a couple of quid then go to the beach or climb the hill or do both. Just relax and enjoy the world for its simplicity. There’s a graveyard there to remind you why you should.

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