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St Protus's Cross is a medieval wayside cross located near Blisland in Cornwall. The monument dates to the medieval period and survives as a stone cross, representing the type of devotional and waymarking structures common throughout Cornwall during the Middle Ages. Such crosses functioned both as religious monuments and as practical markers along routes of travel and pilgrimage. The cross's proximity to Blisland church suggests its role within the local ecclesiastical landscape of the parish.
St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010841. View the official record →
St Protus's Cross is a medieval wayside cross located near Blisland in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010841.
St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church 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 1010841.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ornamented cross shaft at Glynn (8.3 km), Wayside cross 55m north east of Laninval House (9.2 km), Four bowl barrows north of Greymare Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church'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.
St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.