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Cross base 30m south of St Merryn's Church is a medieval stone monument surviving as a fragmentary base structure located in the parish of St Merryn in Cornwall. The base represents the surviving foundation of what was likely a wayside or churchyard cross, a common feature of the medieval ecclesiastical landscape in Cornwall and southwest England. The monument dates to the medieval period, though the exact date of its construction remains uncertain without excavation or detailed stylistic analysis. As a recorded ancient monument, it forms part of the archaeological heritage associated with St Merryn's Church and provides evidence of the religious and communal practices of medieval Cornwall.
Cross base 30m south of St Merryn's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019448. View the official record →
Cross base 30m south of St Merryn's Church is a medieval stone monument surviving as a fragmentary base structure located in the parish of St Merryn in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019448.
Cross base 30m south of St Merryn's Church 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 1019448.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circle settlement and round called Trevisker Round at Trevisker School (5.6 km), Seven round barrows and a ring barrow on Bear's Downs and Denzell Downs, 850m north east of Higher Denzell (6.6 km), Four round barrows 400m south east of Little Trewinnick Farm (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross base 30m south of St Merryn's Church's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cross base 30m south of St Merryn's Church stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.