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Wenmouth Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Cornwall, England, situated approximately 320 metres north of Wenmouth village. The monument is a stone cross of the type commonly erected in medieval Britain as a focal point for travellers and communities, serving functions that ranged from marking routeways to acting as gathering places and preaching sites. Such crosses typically date from the medieval period, though precise construction dates for individual examples are often difficult to establish without archaeological investigation. The cross remains an important record of medieval religious and social practice in the Cornish landscape.
Medieval wayside cross at Wenmouth Cross, 320m north of Wenmouth is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007754. View the official record →
Wenmouth Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Cornwall, England, situated approximately 320 metres north of Wenmouth village. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007754.
Medieval wayside cross at Wenmouth Cross, 320m north of Wenmouth 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 1007754.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 70m north west and 50m south east of Tor View at Middle Taphouse (5 km), Three bowl barrows 215m south east of Beech Lawn, which form part of a larger round barrow cemetery (5.1 km), Bowl barrow 230m south west of Middle Taphouse Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval wayside cross at Wenmouth Cross, 320m north of Wenmouth'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 Wenmouth Cross, 320m north of Wenmouth stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.