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Wayside cross at Trenethick Barton is a medieval stone cross located in Cornwall, England. The monument dates to the medieval period and represents the type of wayside crosses that were commonly erected in Devon and Cornwall, often serving as waymarkers and focal points for communities. The cross stands within the landscape as a surviving example of medieval religious and practical infrastructure. Such crosses frequently marked routes, parish boundaries, or served devotional purposes within the medieval Christian framework of the southwestern peninsula.
Wayside cross at Trenethick Barton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006655. View the official record →
Wayside cross at Trenethick Barton is a medieval stone cross located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006655.
Wayside cross at Trenethick Barton 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 1006655.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross in Cury churchyard (7.9 km), Two round barrows on Pedngwinian Head (8.1 km), Wayside cross in Gunwalloe churchyard, 0.75m east of the church (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross at Trenethick Barton'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 at Trenethick Barton stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.