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Woodley Cross is a wayside cross of medieval date located in Cornwall near Fernside Farm. The monument survives as a stone cross, representing the class of roadside or boundary markers that were common features of the Cornish medieval landscape. Such crosses typically served practical functions in marking routes, parishes, or significant locations, and their presence reflects the administrative and spiritual organisation of the medieval period. The cross remains an important archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns and land organisation in the county.
Woodley Cross, opposite Fernside Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008176. View the official record →
Woodley Cross is a wayside cross of medieval date located in Cornwall near Fernside Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008176.
Woodley Cross, opposite Fernside Farm 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 1008176.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross in Luxulyan churchyard (6.4 km), St Cyor's well house (6.4 km), Round cairn with beacon called Hensbarrow (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Woodley Cross, opposite Fernside Farm'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.
Woodley Cross, opposite Fernside Farm stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.