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HER Number:	30794
Name:	MEANE CROUSE - Post Medieval cross, Post Medieval boundary stone

Summary

A natural rock in situ with a possibly modern incised cross, marking the boundary point of four parishes.

Grid Reference:	SW 4297 3541
Parish:	Morvah, Penwith, Cornwall
Map:	Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

Cornwall SURVEY NAME (temporary): NT
OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43NW 20
Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30794
SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43NW 194

Monument Type(s):

BOUNDARY STONE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CROSS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Henderson records a boundary stone called 'Meane Crouse', meaning 'The Cross Stone' which separates the parishes of Zennor, Morvah, Madron and Gulval. It is mentioned in a 1613 account of the bounds of Zennor parish (b2) and is marked on the Lanhydrock Atlas of c1696 as 'Mene Croose' (b1). Henderson notes that it is now called "Four Parishes Rock" (b3). The OS who visited the site in 1960 record a boulder roughly rectangular in plan, with the length oriented south-west to north-east. It is 2.8m long, 1.5m wide and stands 0.4m out of the moorland. In the centre of the rock, 0.9m from the south-west end, is a small incised cross with a hole 2.5cm in diameter in the middle and arms 0.3m from tip to tip (h1, p1). Russell in 1971 lists the extant remains of a natural rock in situ with a possibly modern incised cross (b5). The OS in 1975 record no change to the report of 1960 and add that Russell lists the site under crosses with the name 'Four Parishes Stone', a name in local use (h2).

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Site history:
1: 1960. PITCHER, GH / OS
2: 1975. QUINNELL, OV / OS
3: 1986. HERRING, PC / CAU
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<1> Gascoyne, J, 1696, Lanhydrock Atlas (Cartographic materials). SCO3345.

<2> HENDERSON, C, 1928, UNKNOWN TITLE, VOL I, 7, 14, 15 (Unedited Source). SCO7138.

<3> HENDERSON, C, 1930, UNKNOWN TITLE, VOL I, 12, 9 (Unedited Source). SCO7168.

<4> UNKNOWN, 1951, UNKNOWN TITLE, VOL V, 10, 412 (12) (Unedited Source). SCO7498.

<5> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 84, 88, 92 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

<6> Herring, PC, 1987, Bosigran, Zennor, 57 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3569.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]	SCO3345 - Cartographic materials: Gascoyne, J. 1696. Lanhydrock Atlas. MS At Lanhydrock, Copy At CRO.
[2]	SCO7138 - Unedited Source: HENDERSON, C. 1928. UNKNOWN TITLE. J OLD CORNWALL SOC. VOL I, 7, 14, 15.
[3]	SCO7168 - Unedited Source: HENDERSON, C. 1930. UNKNOWN TITLE. J OLD CORNWALL SOC. VOL I, 12, 9.
[4]	SCO7498 - Unedited Source: UNKNOWN. 1951. UNKNOWN TITLE. J OLD CORNWALL SOC. VOL V, 10, 412 (12).
[5]	SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 84, 88, 92.
[6]	SCO3569 - Bibliographic reference: Herring, PC. 1987. Bosigran, Zennor. Copy At CAU. 57.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records: none recorded

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