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Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm

England
List entry 1018046
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018046
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 18222 66566
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wayside cross at Polmenna is a medieval stone cross located approximately 730 metres north east of Ley Green Farm in Cornwall. The monument dates from the medieval period and represents the category of wayside crosses that served both practical and spiritual functions within the rural landscape, providing waymarking for travellers and serving as foci for devotion. The cross survives as a physical testament to medieval religious practice and the organisation of the Cornish countryside, though specific details of its original form and any reconstructions remain within the archaeological record of the site.

Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018046. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm?

Wayside cross at Polmenna is a medieval stone cross located approximately 730 metres north east of Ley Green Farm in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018046.

Who is responsible for protecting Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm?

Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green 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 1018046.

What other scheduled monuments are near Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 780m east of Penventon (4.5 km), Two bowl barrows 535m ENE of Fairy Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery (6.6 km), Churchyard cross immediately north east of the Parish Church (6.9 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
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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 780m east of Penventon
4.5 km
Two bowl barrows 535m ENE of Fairy Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery
6.6 km
Churchyard cross immediately north east of the Parish Church
6.9 km
Small multivallate hillfort on Bury Down, 530m north-east of South Park
7.1 km
Wayside cross 135m north west of The Cockpit in Boconnoc Park
7.2 km
Bowl barrow 430m south west of Fairy Cross Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
7.6 km
Wayside cross on Druid's Hill, 350m south east of Bodmin Lodge
7.7 km
Bowl barrow 145m north west of Bodmin Lodge forming part of a round barrow cemetery
7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm

Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green 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 Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm

Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~2.2 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~5.2 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~8.3 miles
Domesday entry for St Neot, Cornwall →
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