Scheduled MonumentsEnglandSt Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm

St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm

England
List entry 1007951
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007951
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
SX 05968 63347
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

St Ingunger Cross is a medieval wayside cross located near St Ingunger Farm in Cornwall. The monument stands as a testament to the importance of such crosses in medieval religious and secular life, serving functions ranging from territorial markers to points of pilgrimage and trade route navigation. The cross represents the type of stone monuments that proliferated across southwest England during the medieval period, particularly from the thirteenth century onwards. Its survival to the present day makes it a valuable record of vernacular religious expression and the landscape organisation of medieval Cornwall.

St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007951. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm?

St Ingunger Cross is a medieval wayside cross located near St Ingunger Farm in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007951.

Who is responsible for protecting St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm?

St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm 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 1007951.

What other scheduled monuments are near St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Cyor's well house (5.4 km), Medieval wayside cross 300m NW of Trevorry Farm (5.7 km), Combined viaduct and aqueduct called Treffry Viaduct (6.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm

St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.