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Summary

A wheel-headed cross and detatched cross base, formerly situated close to Stithians church.

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument CO147: Cross near Trevales House

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SW 73 NW 6
• National Record of the Historic Environment to Historic Environment Records data transfer
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 427601
• OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW73NW 6
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 18231
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW73NW 43
• Unified Designation System UID: 1006671

Monument Type(s):

• CROSS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

A wheel-headed cross and detached cross base, formerly situated close to Stithians Church (18231.1), shown on the OS 1908 and 1969 maps (b4, b7). Henderson notes it was moved to its present site c1860 (b6). The principal face displays a figure in relief with arms outstretched and legs together, enclosed by a bead. The figure is positioned directly above a circle containing an incised equal limbed cross. The circle is formed by a raised bead but the remainder of the shaft is plain. The reverse face displays a latin cross in relief with expanded ends to the limbs, the lower limb extending the full length of the shaft. The limbs of the cross have been formed by the cutting of triangular areas, which help to form a bead around the top of the head. The shaft has chamfered angles, suggesting a late example of a wheel-headed cross. The monument measures 2.01m in height, width of head 0.53m, width of shaft 0.355m and thickness 0,2m to 0.315m (b9). The IAM visiting the site in 1985 notes the base is crudely shaped, the mortise not sunk in the middle (h4).

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Site history:
1: 19--. UNKNOWN / IAM
2: 1971. MJF / OS
3: 1981. SHEPPARD / IAM
4: 1985. SHEPPARD, PA / IAM
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<1> Blight, JT, 1858, Ancient Crosses and Other Antiquities in the East of Cornwall, 42 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2862.

<2> Blight, JT, 18--, Sketch Books (Unpublished document). SCO2869.

<3> Langdon, AG, 1896, Old Cornish Crosses, 340 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3820.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1900s, 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4050.

<5> Baird, Major RD, & Lady White, 1961, Cornish Crosses (Unpublished document). SCO2767.

<6> Henderson, C, 1955-60, Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the 109 parishes of West Cornwall & Ecclesiastical History of the 4 Western Hundreds, (NS) VOL 34, 447 (Article in Journal). SCO3499.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<8> Tangye, M, 1972, Stithians Checklist, VOL 11, 68 (Article in Journal). SCO4539.

<9> Langdon, A, 1999, Stone Crosses in West Cornwall, 59, NO 91 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3818.

<10> Preston Jones, A & Okasha, E, 2013, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture Volume XI: Early Cornish Sculpture, 275 (Bibliographic reference). SCO26964.

Sources / Further Reading

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Associated Events: none recorded

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