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Margam Stones Museum
Margam Stones Museum is located in Neath Port Talbot
Margam Stones Museum
Museum location in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales
Established1892 (1932 in current building)
LocationSS80078632, Port Talbot, South Wales, SA13 2TA
Coordinates51°33′48″N 3°43′50″W / 51.56327°N 3.73057°W / 51.56327; -3.73057
TypeMuseum of early Christian carved stones
CuratorCadw
Nearest car parkOn site (free)
Websitecadw.wales.gov.uk

Margam Stones Museum is a small Victorian schoolhouse near Port Talbot, South Wales, which now provides a home for one of the most important collections of Celtic stone crosses in Britain. All originally found within the locality of Margam, and mostly assembled as a collection in the 19th century, they provide enduring testimony to a Welsh Christian culture between the 6th and 16th centuries. The striking Cross of Conbelin is the most celebrated example. From around 1000 AD, it is a huge disc cross with Celtic interlace and plaitwork patterns, figurative scenes including a hunting scene, and inscriptions telling us who made it and who erected it. There are 17 early Christian stones, plus 11 memorials and other stones from the post-Norman periods. The museum is run by Cadw, the Welsh historic sites agency, and is close to Margam Abbey Church and the ruins of the Abbey buildings.

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