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Standing cross at High Cross, 30m west of Truro Cathedral

England
List entry 1020557
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020557
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
SW 82564 44920
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Standing cross at High Cross, 30m west of Truro Cathedral, is a medieval wayside cross of probable fourteenth-century date. The monument comprises a stone shaft mounted on a stepped base, representing the type of cross that would have served both practical and spiritual functions within the urban fabric of medieval Truro. Its location near the cathedral reflects the religious and commercial importance of this area in the town's development. The cross survives as a rare example of medieval street furniture in Cornwall, documented in the national heritage record as a monument of local historical significance.

Standing cross at High Cross, 30m west of Truro Cathedral is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020557. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Standing cross at High Cross, 30m west of Truro Cathedral?

Standing cross at High Cross, 30m west of Truro Cathedral, is a medieval wayside cross of probable fourteenth-century date. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020557.

Who is responsible for protecting Standing cross at High Cross, 30m west of Truro Cathedral?

Standing cross at High Cross, 30m west of Truro Cathedral 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 1020557.

What other scheduled monuments are near Standing cross at High Cross, 30m west of Truro Cathedral?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross in Feock churchyard (6.5 km), Round 390m north east of Carwarthen (7.8 km), Cast iron footbridge at Perran Mill (8.2 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Churchyard cross in Feock churchyard
6.5 km
Round 390m north east of Carwarthen
7.8 km
Cast iron footbridge at Perran Mill
8.2 km
Three round barrows 430m north east of Devichoys Barton
8.2 km
Round barrow 350m north of Devichoys Barton
8.4 km
Round in Devichoys Wood 600yds (540m) S of Perran Wharf
8.5 km
Wayside cross in the grounds of Enys
9.2 km
Dingerein Castle small multivallate hillfort and annexe, 240m north west of Curgurrel Farm
9.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Standing cross at High Cross, 30m west of Truro Cathedral

Standing cross at High Cross, 30m west of Truro Cathedral stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Standing cross at High Cross, 30m west of Truro Cathedral

Battle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~18.5 miles
Domesday entry for Trehaverne, Cornwall →
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