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Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately eight metres south of Tregaminion Chapel in Cornwall. The cross dates to the medieval period and represents a common form of devotional monument found throughout Cornwall, typically erected at significant locations such as chapelry sites. The monument survives as a stone cross shaft, characteristic of wayside crosses that served both spiritual and practical functions as waymarkers and focal points for prayer and procession within parochial landscapes. Such crosses reflect the religious life and topographical organisation of medieval Cornish communities, though the precise date of construction and original height of this example remain subject to archaeological assessment.
Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 8m south of the chapel is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014227. View the official record →
Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately eight metres south of Tregaminion Chapel in Cornwall.
Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 8m south of the chapel 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 1014227.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 3m north west of the chapel (0 km), Two wayside crosses in the park surrounding Menabilly (0.9 km), The Tristan Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross, 75m north of Polscoe (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 8m south of the chapel'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 Tregaminion chapel yard, 8m south of the chapel stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.