Cadfan Stone
E864728
The Cadfan Stone is an early medieval inscribed stone in Tywyn, Wales, notable for bearing some of the oldest known written examples of the Welsh language.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early medieval monument
ⓘ
inscribed stone ⓘ |
| approximateDate |
7th century
ⓘ
8th century ⓘ |
| associatedLanguageStage | Primitive Welsh ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tywyn monastery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Welsh Christianity ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Saint Cadfan of Brittany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Early Christian monument in Wales
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Medieval epigraphy ⓘ Welsh-language inscription ⓘ |
| chronologicalSignificance | among the earliest dated Welsh inscriptions ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culture | Welsh ⓘ |
| currentStatus | preserved in situ ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Cadfan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| foundIn | Tywyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | grave marker ⓘ |
| hasInscription | bilingual inscription ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Latin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInWelsh | Carreg Cadfan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject | commemoration of religious figures ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Grade I listed structure
ⓘ
Scheduled monument ⓘ |
| inscriptionContentType |
personal names
ⓘ
religious formulae ⓘ |
| inscriptionMedium | carved ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | funerary inscription ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gwynedd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tywyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| locatedInBuilding | St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| near | Cardigan Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | bearing some of the oldest known written examples of the Welsh language ⓘ |
| orientation | upright stone pillar ⓘ |
| region | northwest Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christian ⓘ |
| religiousDenominationContext | Church in Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | insular script ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence for early development of the Welsh language
ⓘ
important source for early medieval Welsh onomastics ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Celtic studies
ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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