Scheduled MonumentsEnglandThe Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans

The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans

England
List entry 1007967
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007967
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
SX 10126 83461
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Trevia Cross is a medieval wayside cross located at Sportsmans in Cornwall, England. The monument survives as a stone cross of the type commonly erected in the medieval period, likely serving as a marker for travellers, a focus for worship, or a meeting point within the local community. Such crosses are characteristic features of the Cornish landscape and represent important evidence of medieval religious and social organisation in the county. The site's official designation on the National Heritage List for England reflects its status as a protected ancient monument of archaeological and historical significance.

The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007967. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans?

The Trevia Cross is a medieval wayside cross located at Sportsmans in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007967.

Who is responsible for protecting The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans?

The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans 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 1007967.

What other scheduled monuments are near The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross in the grounds of Higher Lank Farm 10m south of the farm house (7.9 km), Large regular stone circle called the Trippet Stones (9 km), Henge with stone circle called the Stripple Stones and adjacent bowl barrow 415m south east of Hawk's Tor (9.3 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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 ground beneath

The bedrock under The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans

The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.