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Fenton Pits Cross is a standing cross of medieval date located in Cornwall. The monument survives as a stone cross shaft positioned approximately 210 metres west-southwest of Penburthen Farm. As a wayside cross, it would have served functions typical of medieval crosses in the Cornish landscape, including marking boundaries, routes, or serving a devotional purpose. The cross is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument and represents the substantial stone ecclesiastical or secular monuments characteristic of medieval Cornwall.
Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012507. View the official record →
Fenton Pits Cross is a standing cross of medieval date located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012507.
Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen 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 1012507.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Cyor's well house (5 km), Combined viaduct and aqueduct called Treffry Viaduct (5.8 km), Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen 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.
Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen Farm stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.