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Peverell's Cross is a wayside cross located in Cornwall, England, and is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1006641. The monument dates to the medieval period, when such crosses served important functions as waymarkers, gathering points, and sites of religious significance in the Cornish landscape. The cross survives as a stone structure characteristic of Cornish wayside crosses of its era. As with many examples of this monument type, Peverell's Cross represents the medieval infrastructure that connected settlements and facilitated both practical navigation and spiritual observance in rural Cornwall.
Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006641. View the official record →
Peverell's Cross is a wayside cross located in Cornwall, England, and is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1006641. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006641.
Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross 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 1006641.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multi-span bridge known as Respryn Bridge (9.1 km), Three bowl barrows 570m north east of Trewindle (9.2 km), Three bowl barrows 590m south west of Bedwindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery (9.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross'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 known as Peverell's Cross stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.