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Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road

England
List entry 1017639
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017639
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX0660967416
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Berrycombe Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Cornwall, positioned at the junction of Berrycombe Road and Cardell Road. The monument dates from the medieval period, typical of the numerous crosses that marked routes and boundaries throughout Cornwall during the Middle Ages. These wayside crosses served important functions as waymarkers for travellers and as focal points for local communities. The cross survives as a stone structure representative of Cornwall's rich heritage of medieval ecclesiastical and secular monuments.

Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017639. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road?

Berrycombe Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Cornwall, positioned at the junction of Berrycombe Road and Cardell Road. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017639.

Who is responsible for protecting Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road?

Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1017639.

What other scheduled monuments are near Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earlier prehistoric hillfort, stone hut circle settlement and field system at Helman Tor (5.8 km), Medieval wayside cross at Lockengate (7 km), Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep (7.1 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Earlier prehistoric hillfort, stone hut circle settlement and field system at Helman Tor
5.8 km
Medieval wayside cross at Lockengate
7 km
Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep
7.1 km
Roman fort, annexes and temporary camp, 290m south-west of Restormel Farm
7.2 km
Bowl barrow 145m north west of Bodmin Lodge forming part of a round barrow cemetery
8.1 km
Lantern cross and grave slab immediately south of St Bartholomew's Church
8.5 km
Wayside cross on Druid's Hill, 350m south east of Bodmin Lodge
8.6 km
Wayside cross 200m north west of Trethew
8.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road

Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road

Battle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~5.3 milesBattle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~7.3 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~7.6 miles
Domesday entry for Bodmin, Cornwall →
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