Church of St Margaret Marloes

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The Church of St Margaret Marloes is the Church in Wales parish church of the parish of Eglwyscummin, in south-western Carmarthenshire, Wales. The present building dates from the 14th and 15th centuries, with restoration work undertaken in 1878 and again in 1900. The church has a circular churchyard, indicating that the site has likely been in use since prehistoric times.

A tombstone dating to the fifth century was found in the churchyard. It is believed that Saint Cynin founded the church as one of a series of missionary stations in the fifth century. An Ogham stone was found in the churchyard prior to 1900.

The stone's inscription is in Latin and Celtic, with the word "ingenia" substituted for the Latin "filia". This type of Ogham inscription was common in Ireland, but was the only example of its kind found outside Ireland at the time of its discovery. The church is a small building set in a hollow.

It was described as ruinous in 1710 and has a sprocketed eighteenth-century roof. There are good stained-glass windows, and a large carved oak altar and fittings dating from 1882. Margaret Marloes, to whom the church is dedicated, was the niece of Guy de Brian, Lord of Laugharne; a fourteenth...