Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTrevalsa Cross, 350m north-west of Trerice Farm

Trevalsa Cross, 350m north-west of Trerice Farm

England
List entry 1016290
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016290
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
SW8170951833
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Trevalsa Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in the parish of Newlyn East, Cornwall. The monument comprises a stone cross of the type commonly erected during the medieval period to mark routes, boundaries, or places of religious significance. The cross stands approximately 350 metres north-west of Trevalsa Farm and forms part of the broader landscape of medieval stone monuments that characterise the Cornish countryside. Such crosses reflect the important role of Christian devotion and the organisation of medieval settlement patterns in the region.

Trevalsa Cross, 350m north-west of Trerice Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016290. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Trevalsa Cross, 350m north-west of Trerice Farm?

Trevalsa Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in the parish of Newlyn East, Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016290.

Who is responsible for protecting Trevalsa Cross, 350m north-west of Trerice Farm?

Trevalsa Cross, 350m north-west of Trerice Farm 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 1016290.

What other scheduled monuments are near Trevalsa Cross, 350m north-west of Trerice Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round and associated remains 150m south of Mount Pleasant (7.8 km), Round 180m north east of Polstein (8.1 km), Early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross in St Clement's churchyard (8.6 km).

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Overview
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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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Trevalsa Cross, 350m north-west of Trerice Farm

Trevalsa Cross, 350m north-west of Trerice Farm stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Trevalsa Cross, 350m north-west of Trerice Farm

Battle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~17.9 miles