19thCentury
slabs lie to the west of the porch and the nave. Late 18thCentury
to mid-19thCentury slate slabs lean against the west boundary
wall. The earliest stone is of 1671 under a yew on the
west side of the church.
Furniture: 18thCentury sundial with sandstone baluster pillar
and a square plinth stands on a raised circular base with
graduated steps, on the west side of the path leading south-eastwards.
The dial, now gone, was dated to 1770.
Earthworks:
a raised but very spread mound on the north side of the
church is reputedly St Garmon's preaching mound, 'Twmpath
Garmon'. The mound is considerably overgrown and has graves
dug in it. There are 19thCentury records of two cockpits
here: one immediately to the east of the mound, the other
outside the south-west gate.
The
churchyard is raised, about 1m on the east, up to 3m on
the north where there is also an inner embankment, and
0.6m or so on the south, but is virtually level on the
west.
Ancillary
features: main entrance is through a timber lych gate supported
on stone walls, with a kissing gate adjacent. The concrete
floor has a slate cross set in it, and there are benches
to either side. Other entrances close to north and west
corners. New gravel paths lead to the south door from these
entrances. A public footpath crosses the churchyard north
of the church.
Vegetation:
several large yew trees surround the south-west and south-east
perimeter of the churchyard; other smaller ones on the
north-eastern edge. An Irish yew is sited near St Garmon's
mound. Well-cut rhododendron bushes line the south path.
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