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Tencreek Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in the churchyard of St Martin's Church near Penzance in Cornwall. The monument dates to the medieval period and stands as a surviving example of the stone crosses that once marked routes and gathering places throughout the Cornish landscape. The cross exhibits the characteristic form of Cornish crosses from this era, featuring a shaft and head worked from local stone. Such monuments served important functions in medieval communities, marking boundaries, routes of pilgrimage, or points of assembly, and their survival represents a significant element of Cornwall's religious and cultural heritage.
Tencreek Cross in St Martin's churchyard 3.5m south east of the church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014021. View the official record →
Tencreek Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in the churchyard of St Martin's Church near Penzance in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014021.
Tencreek Cross in St Martin's churchyard 3.5m south east of the 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 1014021.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Culverland Cross in St Martin's churchyard to the north west of the church (0 km), Bosent Cross, 325m ENE of South Bosent Farm (3.3 km), Slight univallate hillfort with outworks called Blacketon Rings (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Tencreek Cross in St Martin's churchyard 3.5m south east of the 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.
Tencreek Cross in St Martin's churchyard 3.5m south east of the church stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.