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Photo Pages: St Piran's Cross - Ancient Cross in England in Cornwall
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Submitted by Thorgrim on Thursday, 25 March 2004 Page Views: 7727
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 Site Name: St Piran's Cross Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Newquay Nearest Village: Perranzabuloe
Map Ref: SW772565 Landranger Map Number: 200
Latitude: 50.366121N Longitude: 5.134225W
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 |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 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. |
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Accuracy:| 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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Early Cross in Cornwall
Difficult to find amid the dunes of Penhale Sands, this 8 foot cross stands close to the sand-buried church of St Piran's Oratory. This is the earliest recorded stone cross in Cornwall and is dedicated to its patron saint and that of tinners and miners.
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 St Piran's Cross submitted by AngieLake
This photo of St Piran's Cross will show how far away it is from the huge modern cross - a mere pinprick in the distance. If you compare this photo with the pic of St Piran's Lost Oratory's mound and stone memorial, you will see that the modern cross is quite a lot nearer there. From this you can guess at how far you'd have to walk to find it! (If you can't see the modern cross, look straight u
 St Piran's Cross submitted by AngieLake
Close to St Piran's Cross; the site of St Piran's Lost Oratory on Penhale Sands, north of Perranporth. In the left-hand photo the huge cross on top of the sand-dune can be seen lit by the setting sun, its side edge picked out in shadow. This will give 'hunters' an idea of the position of the mound covering the lost oratory!
The photo on the right shows the easterly aspect of the memorial stone
 St Piran's Cross submitted by AngieLake
Very close to St Piran's Cross; St Piran's 'Lost Oratory' is buried under the mound in the top photo. If you look closely you will see the little granite stone marking the site, and in the photo below, the plaque placed there in 1980. The remains of the 6th century building, the church established by the Irish missionary, (and Cornwall's favourite saint), was buried to protect it from the ravage
 St Piran's Cross submitted by AngieLake
The ancient cross of St Piran is very close to the ancient chapel that has recently been excavated. This will be shown next Monday (31st October 2005) on BBC westcountry programme 'Inside Out'.
 St Piran's Cross submitted by AngieLake
Not the easiest cross to find, but well-worth it. I believe I read that this is the only three-holed cross in Cornwall, but it looks to me as if it just wasn't finished. This close-up was taken in June 2005, one sunny evening. Harder to find was nearby St Piran's Lost Oratory, now buried and marked with a slab of granite. From this cross, head towards the huge modern cross on the sand-dunes. The s
 St Piran's Cross submitted by Thorgrim
The protective shell over the buried church or oratory of St Piran... September 1967
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411m W 259° St. Piran's Lost Oratory Artificial Mound (SW768564)
1.9km NE 57° Cubert* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SW786578)
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