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Crylla Cross is a Cornish wayside cross of medieval date, located in the parish of St Columb in Cornwall. The monument stands approximately 180 metres south-west of Crylla Farm and represents one of the surviving examples of the stone crosses that marked important routes and boundaries throughout medieval Cornwall. The cross is of the characteristic Cornish type, with a roughly dressed shaft and head carved from local stone. Such crosses served both practical functions as waymarkers and spiritual purposes within the Christian landscape of the medieval period.
Crylla Cross, 180m south-west of Crylla Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007758. View the official record →
Crylla Cross is a Cornish wayside cross of medieval date, located in the parish of St Columb in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007758.
Crylla Cross, 180m south-west of Crylla 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 1007758.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Trewane Cross in St Neot churchyard (5.7 km), Churchyard cross and three wayside crosses in St Neot churchyard (5.7 km), Culverland Cross in St Martin's churchyard to the north west of the church (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Crylla Cross, 180m south-west of Crylla Farm'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.
Crylla Cross, 180m south-west of Crylla Farm stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.