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Wayside cross at Nanjarrow

England
List entry 1006676
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006676
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
SW7352529700
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wayside cross at Nanjarrow is a medieval stone cross located in Cornwall, England. The monument dates to the medieval period and represents one of the numerous wayside crosses that historically served as landmarks and focal points for travellers and communities throughout the Cornish landscape. The cross stands as a testament to medieval religious practice and the organisation of the local environment, functioning as a marker along routes and potentially as a place for prayer or gathering. Such crosses are characteristic features of the medieval Cornish countryside and contribute to understanding the spiritual and practical geography of the region during this period.

Wayside cross at Nanjarrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006676. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Wayside cross at Nanjarrow?

Wayside cross at Nanjarrow is a medieval stone cross located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006676.

Who is responsible for protecting Wayside cross at Nanjarrow?

Wayside cross at Nanjarrow 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 1006676.

What other scheduled monuments are near Wayside cross at Nanjarrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows 650m SSW of Polkerth forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs (8.4 km), Six bowl barrows at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs (8.5 km), Round barrow 400yds (370m) NW of Traboe Cross (8.7 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.
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Three bowl barrows 650m SSW of Polkerth forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
8.4 km
Six bowl barrows at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
8.5 km
Round barrow 400yds (370m) NW of Traboe Cross
8.7 km
Bowl barrow 315m ESE of Leech Pool, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
8.9 km
Chapel enclosure 150yds (140m) S of Trelease Farm
9.2 km
Three bowl barrows 500m SSW of Leech Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
9.3 km
Bowl barrow 480m south of Traboe Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
9.6 km
Standing stone known as the Long Stone, 200m north east of Tremenheere
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Wayside cross at Nanjarrow

Wayside cross at Nanjarrow stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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