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Wayside cross in Lansallos churchyard is a medieval stone cross of probable fourteenth-century date, located within the churchyard of St Illtud's Church in the parish of Lansallos, Cornwall. The monument represents a type of devotional marker common in medieval Cornwall, where such crosses frequently occupied prominent positions within or near religious sites. The cross survives as a substantial stone structure, though like many examples of its kind it has experienced weathering and damage over the centuries. Its presence within the churchyard reflects the medieval landscape of religious devotion and the importance of such monuments in parochial settings during the later medieval period.
Wayside cross in Lansallos churchyard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014235. View the official record →
Wayside cross in Lansallos churchyard is a medieval stone cross of probable fourteenth-century date, located within the churchyard of St Illtud's Church in the parish of Lansallos, Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014235.
Wayside cross in Lansallos churchyard 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 1014235.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow called 'Mabel Barrow', 400m south-west of Higher Polgassic (0.9 km), Medieval wayside cross in Lanteglos by Fowey churchyard, 20m south east of the church (2.7 km), Medieval churchyard cross in Lanteglos by Fowey churchyard, 2m south of the church (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross in Lansallos churchyard'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 in Lansallos churchyard stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.