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A wayside cross and cross base is a medieval monument located in the churchyard of St Stephen's Church in Cornwall, situated approximately six metres south of the church building itself. The structure consists of a stone cross mounted upon a substantial base, typical of the crosses that marked significant locations within parish and ecclesiastical landscapes during the medieval period. Dating to the medieval era, such crosses commonly served as focal points for religious observance, burial grounds, or processional routes within churchyard settings. The monument survives as an example of the stone cross tradition characteristic of Cornish religious architecture and continues to be recorded and protected as an ancient monument of historical importance.
Wayside cross and cross base in St Stephen's churchyard, 6m south of the church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018694. View the official record →
A wayside cross and cross base is a medieval monument located in the churchyard of St Stephen's Church in Cornwall, situated approximately six metres south of the church building itself. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018694.
Wayside cross and cross base in St Stephen's churchyard, 6m south 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 1018694.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval wayside cross base on Creed Hill, 400m south of Grampound (5.5 km), Fair Cross, 420m WNW of Tregidgeo Farm (6 km), Golden Camp hillfort (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross and cross base in St Stephen's churchyard, 6m south 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.
Wayside cross and cross base in St Stephen's churchyard, 6m south of the church stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.