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Wayside cross on Whitcross Hill is a medieval stone cross located in Cornwall. The monument stands immediately north of Seaview Terrace and represents the tradition of wayside crosses erected throughout medieval Cornwall, which served both as waymarkers and as focuses for devotion. Such crosses typically date from the medieval period, though precise dating for individual examples is often difficult without documentary evidence or archaeological investigation. The cross constitutes an important element of the local landscape heritage and is recorded as an ancient monument under National Heritage List entry 1016461.
Wayside cross on Whitcross Hill, immediately north of Seaview Terrace is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016461. View the official record →
Wayside cross on Whitcross Hill is a medieval stone cross located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016461.
Wayside cross on Whitcross Hill, immediately north of Seaview Terrace 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 1016461.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn and kerbed cairn 300m north east of Blackrock Farm (4.8 km), Standing stone 100m west of Lezerea Farm (5.3 km), Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaft (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross on Whitcross Hill, immediately north of Seaview Terrace'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 on Whitcross Hill, immediately north of Seaview Terrace stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.