More information : Langdon and Allen list an Early Christian Monument (a "rude pillar stone") standing on a waste piece of land called Water Lane at Boslow, St.Just-in-Penwith. [See AO/59/379/3] (1) "This stone stands at the upper end of Water Lane, a moorland track some distance from the village of Bosullow: at the back of a farm which is N.E. of a conspicuous mass of rocks on a hilltop; and in the middle of a dense thicket of thorny shrubs, which make the taking of a satisfactory photograph next to impossible. It is of granite 4'0" x 1'2" x 1'1". The inscription is on the W.face: it seems to have been pocked, and is in good condition, but is much clogged with lichen. There is a cross potent on the southern face, and a peculiar cross with a looped transom underneath the inscription. Langdon (1)(2) reads the latter TAETUENA, but this is not quite correct, and his representation of the cross falls slightly short of his usual high standard of accuracy. The true reading of the inscription, which is in two lines reading downward, is TAET UERA" (2) Macalister lists the stone under "Boslow (aliter Boscullow)" and gives a clearer illustration [See AO/59/379/4] than in (3). [The first three authorities list this stone in St. Just-in-Penwith parish, as does H.O'N. Hencken in "Arch of Cornwall and Scilly 1932, pp 300, 265. Boslow is in Sancreed parish at SW 3932 and Great and Little Bosullow are in Madron parish at SW 4133] (3) SW 3925 3305 Inscribed stone at Boslow [sited] (4) Macalister's measurements and description of the stone appear to be correct. It stands on the NE. side of a small mound, probably modern. The stone is at SW 3924 3303. It is now unencumbered by shrubs. Ground photographs: see AO/61/35/3 for inscription on W.face; and AO/61/35/4 for S.face. (5) No change: Surveyed at 1:2500. (6) (SW 39243303) Inscribed Stone (NR) (BS) (NAT) (7) An inscribed memorial stone recorded as a bound stone named 'Krowse East' between St Just and Morvah in 1613 (a). Scheduled under Inscribed Stones. (8-11)
Full description of the stone and discussion of the text, which stylistically dates the stone to the 8th-11th centuries. (12)
Listed. (13) |