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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Tregrylls CrossCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Lesnewth
Map Ref: SX1281989619
Latitude: 50.676057N Longitude: 4.650618W
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 |
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Tregrylls Cross, beside the old church path, in the woods below Tegrylls Farm, 3/4 mile from Lesnewth. A Latin Wayside Cross, discovered in 1988 burried head down in the ground!
The cross is on a footpath that passes through an old quarry. There is evidence that it had once been used as a gatepost having leaded holes and an iron gate hanging.
The cross has stunted upper and horizontal limbs of irregular size and length, and the shaft has a girth of around four feet. One horizontal limb is slightly chipped and the cross is minus its tenon and base stone.
Re-erected in 1991, unfortunately it had to be sunk about two and a half feet to safely secure the stone. Although quite worn, the latin cross in relief can just be made out on each face.
Height (before erection) 2m, Height (after erection) 1.22 m, Width of shaft 38 cm to 40 cm, Thickness of shaft 15 to 22 cm.
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