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St Mary Magdalene's churchyard cross is a medieval monument comprising a cross-head and shaft, located in Cornwall. The monument dates to the medieval period, when such crosses served important functions within parish churchyards as gathering points and focal features of the consecrated space. The surviving elements demonstrate the stone-working traditions characteristic of Cornish medieval craftsmanship, with the cross-head and shaft representing the type of permanent religious monument commonly erected in parish churchyards throughout south-western England during the Middle Ages. This cross forms part of the broader corpus of medieval churchyard monuments that remain significant evidence for the liturgical and social life of medieval Cornish parishes.
Medieval churchyard cross-head and medieval cross-shaft in St Mary Magdalene's churchyard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014023. View the official record →
St Mary Magdalene's churchyard cross is a medieval monument comprising a cross-head and shaft, located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014023.
Medieval churchyard cross-head and medieval cross-shaft in St Mary Magdalene's churchyard 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 1014023.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Camp E of Brockle (4.3 km), Wayside cross 95m WSW of Trelaske House (6.4 km), Medieval hall and St Mary Magdalene's Chapel at Trecarrell (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval churchyard cross-head and medieval cross-shaft in St Mary Magdalene's churchyard'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 churchyard cross-head and medieval cross-shaft in St Mary Magdalene's churchyard stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.