Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick

Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick

England
List entry 1018005
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018005
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 16616 66145
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Tredinnick Cross is a Cornish wayside cross of medieval date located near Great Tredinnick in Cornwall. The monument stands as a granite shaft cross, a form characteristic of the region's medieval period, and represents the type of religious or boundary marker that was commonly erected along routes and at significant locations throughout medieval Cornwall. Such crosses served both spiritual and practical functions within the medieval landscape, marking pilgrimage routes, parish boundaries, or places of local importance. The survival of Tredinnick Cross demonstrates the enduring presence of medieval religious monuments in the Cornish countryside.

Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018005. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick?

Tredinnick Cross is a Cornish wayside cross of medieval date located near Great Tredinnick in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018005.

Who is responsible for protecting Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick?

Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick 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 1018005.

What other scheduled monuments are near Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross immediately north east of the Parish Church (5.9 km), Wayside cross 135m north west of The Cockpit in Boconnoc Park (6 km), Bowl barrow 430m south west of Fairy Cross Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery (6.1 km).

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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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick

Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.