<< Other Photo Pages >> Castle Hill Cross - Early Christian Sculptured Stone in England in Cornwall
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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Castle Hill CrossCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Map Ref: SX0785567542
Latitude: 50.476126N Longitude: 4.709383W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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lucasn visited on 4th Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5
A mutilated wheel head cross now stands on an open grassy space
at a road junction near the top of Castle Hill.
Pastscape:
https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=431311
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