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Fish Cross: standing cross immediately east of the Town Hall

England
List entry 1020451
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020451
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SW 78510 34395
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Fish Cross is a standing cross located immediately east of the Town Hall in Cornwall, England. The monument dates to the medieval period and represents a significant example of the stone crosses that once served important functions in Cornish market towns and settlements. The cross survives as a physical reminder of medieval communal gathering places and commerce in the locality. As a designated ancient monument, it remains an important archaeological record of the region's medieval heritage.

Fish Cross: standing cross immediately east of the Town Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020451. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Fish Cross: standing cross immediately east of the Town Hall?

Fish Cross is a standing cross located immediately east of the Town Hall in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020451.

Who is responsible for protecting Fish Cross: standing cross immediately east of the Town Hall?

Fish Cross: standing cross immediately east of the Town Hall 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 1020451.

What other scheduled monuments are near Fish Cross: standing cross immediately east of the Town Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round 240m south east of Norways Farm (5.1 km), Cliff castle on Rosemullion Head (6.7 km), Wayside cross at Nanjarrow (6.8 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round 240m south east of Norways Farm
5.1 km
Cliff castle on Rosemullion Head
6.7 km
Wayside cross at Nanjarrow
6.8 km
Round 220m south east of The Level House
6.9 km
Cross 30m south of St Constantine's Church
7.6 km
Round 205m south of Goongillings
8.1 km
Part of a promontory fort with Civil War fieldworks known as Little Dennis
8.7 km
Iron Age or Romano-British Round, 660m west of Helford
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Fish Cross: standing cross immediately east of the Town Hall

Fish Cross: standing cross immediately east of the Town Hall 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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