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Erth Barton is a medieval chapel situated in Cornwall, England, designated as a heritage monument under the National Heritage List for England. The structure dates from the medieval period and represents an example of small rural ecclesiastical architecture characteristic of its time. The chapel survives as a physical reminder of medieval religious settlement and practice in the Cornish countryside, contributing to understanding of the distribution and character of minor places of worship in medieval Cornwall.
Medieval chapel at Erth Barton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003048. View the official record →
Erth Barton is a medieval chapel situated in Cornwall, England, designated as a heritage monument under the National Heritage List for England.
Medieval chapel at Erth Barton 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 1003048.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tregantle Fort (3 km), Whitsand Bay practice battery (5.4 km), Whitsand Bay Battery (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval chapel at Erth Barton'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.
Medieval chapel at Erth Barton stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.