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The Medieval wayside cross at Paul is a stone cross of medieval date located in the parish of Paul in Cornwall. The monument survives as a wayside structure typical of the medieval period, when such crosses served as markers along routeways and as focuses for religious devotion in rural communities. The cross exemplifies the type of modest stone monument that would have been erected between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries across Cornwall and the broader Southwest. Its survival to the present day provides evidence of medieval religious practice and the organisation of the landscape in this period.
Medieval wayside cross at Paul is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010322. View the official record →
The Medieval wayside cross at Paul is a stone cross of medieval date located in the parish of Paul in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010322.
Medieval wayside cross at Paul 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 1010322.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nun Careg Cross, 400m south-west of Boleigh Farm (4 km), The Merry Maidens (or Dawns Men) stone circle (4.2 km), Base slab of a medieval wayside cross, 110m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval wayside cross at Paul'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 wayside cross at Paul stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.