Part of an early Christian Chapel enclosure at The Old Vicarage

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History & significance

Part of an early Christian Chapel enclosure is a scheduled ancient monument located at The Old Vicarage in Cornwall, England. The site represents a significant survival of early Christian ecclesiastical organisation in the county, dating to the early medieval period when chapel enclosures formed important centres of Christian worship and community life. The monument preserves structural remains of the enclosure boundary that once defined the sacred precinct surrounding the chapel, reflecting the characteristic spatial organisation of early Christian sites in the West Country. As a scheduled monument under the heritage protection framework, the site is recognised for its archaeological and historical importance in understanding the development of Christianity and settlement patterns in early medieval Cornwall.

Part of an early Christian Chapel enclosure at The Old Vicarage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005453. View the official record →

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