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Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm

England
List entry 1004395
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004395
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SW 64699 37885
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm is a standing cross of medieval date located in Cornwall. The monument survives as a stone cross shaft, representing a category of religious or commemorative markers that were erected across the county during the medieval period. Such crosses frequently served functions related to parish boundaries, wayside devotion, or local commemorative purposes, though the specific original function of this example is not definitively established. The site's survival into the modern period, despite the agricultural landscape in which it stands, testifies to its former importance within the local community.

Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004395. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm?

Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm is a standing cross of medieval date located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004395.

Who is responsible for protecting Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm?

Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm 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 1004395.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn with later shelter and beacon known as Beacon Hut, 430m NNW of Wheal Lovell Farm (8.3 km), Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill (8.9 km), Wayside cross at Trenethick Barton (9 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
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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round cairn with later shelter and beacon known as Beacon Hut, 430m NNW of Wheal Lovell Farm
8.3 km
Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill
8.9 km
Wayside cross at Trenethick Barton
9 km
Round cairn 225m NNW of Tregonning Hill House
9.4 km
Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House
9.9 km
Trevena Cross
10 km
Round, medieval chapel, burial ground and standing cross 60m south east of Merthyr Uny House
10.2 km
Meruny Cross, 200m SSW of Merther-Uny Farm
10.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm

Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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