<< Our Photo Pages >> The Selus Stone - Early Christian Sculptured Stone in England in Cornwall
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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: The Selus Stone Alternative Name: St Selevan's StoneCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Penzance Nearest Village: St Just in Penwith
Map Ref: SW371315
Latitude: 50.125205N Longitude: 5.679598W
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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hallsifer visited on 4th Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Absolutely gorgeous stone with bright clear carvings. There's a informational card at the base of the stone for local insight into how it came to be in the church. The church itself is also absolutely stunning with two stone crosses in its gardens and old wall paintings within the church that survived whitewashing.
lucasn visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
cazzyjane have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 5
On the front side there is an incised chi rho cross, while on the opposite side a Latin inscription SELUS IC IAC-T or 'here lies Selus', who is probably St Selevan or Selyf. He lived in the 6th century and may have been a king of Cornwall. His wife was St Gwen or Wenn, sister of St Non who was St David's mother. Two villages in Cornwall bear his name: St Levan at Lands End and Lansallos near Fowey.
Also in the church a Saxon style cross-shaft which is used as a lintel.
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