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<< Our Photo Pages >> Churchyard Cross St Levan - Ancient Cross in England in Cornwall

Submitted by enkidu41 on Tuesday, 16 November 2004  Page Views: 5862

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Churchyard Cross St Levan
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: St. Just  Nearest Village: Porthcurno
Map Ref: SW38032220
Latitude: 50.042147N  Longitude: 5.660244W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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TheCaptain visited on 14th Jun 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Onwards to St Levan's church, and have a good look around the interesting churchyard, with several old crosses and cross heads to be seen here. Dropping down from the fields into St Levan's church, there is a really interesting stone entrance to the churchyard, with a coffin shaped stone surrounded by what appear to be granite seats, and a round crosshead. The tall St Levan's cross is positioned in the churchyard outside the church entrance, and near to the split St Levan's stone. The more interesting western face was in deep shadow, and did not come out well in my pictures.

Catrinm visited on 10th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

lucasn visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5

JimChampion AngieLake cazzyjane have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.33 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.33

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by JimChampion : On the right, the tall churchyard cross; beyond and to the left the split St Levan Stone. I have read suggestions that the stone represents the female form and the cross represents the male form, or that the proximity of the Christian cross neutralises the pagan influence of the stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A 7' high wheel-headed churchyard cross stands on the right hand side of the south porch, the traditional position for churchyard crosses. It is thus likely that it is in its original position.

The front face of the cross depicts a figure of Christ with outstretched arms with legs resting on a small ledge. The rear face depicts an equal-armed cross with an extension to the lower arm down the length of the shaft. The sides of the shaft are decorated with lattice work on one edge and zig-zags on the other.

There are a couple of other interesting old crosses to be seen within the churchyard here.
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Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by cazzyjane : October 2010. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by AngieLake : Looking down onto the entrance of St Levan's churchyard from the ancient church path. The back of the little round cross is just visible in the top left corner of this photo. You can see the rare coffin rest in the centre of the entrance, and one of the granite 'settles' (there's also one on the opposite side). I expect the bearers, who'd often walked several miles, were glad to sit here and ge... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by AngieLake : The little round head of a cross sits high beside the ancient church path's entrance into the churchyard, north of St Levans Church. Each side of the gateway are two settle-like rests and in the centre a rare coffin rest. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Bladup : The main medieval cross in the churchyard (Vote or comment on this photo)

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Bladup : The main medieval cross in the churchyard and the Sun

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Bladup : The main medieval cross in the churchyard

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Bladup

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Bladup : The medieval cross by the entrance

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Bladup

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Bladup : The supposed medieval crosshead in the churchyard, I'm not too sure it's that old

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by TheCaptain : The tall St Levan's cross positioned in the churchyard outside the church entrance, and near to the split St Levan's stone. This is the eastern face in the sun. The more interesting western face was in deep shadow, and did not come out well in my pictures.

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by TheCaptain : The round crosshead set on the churchyard wall, beside the really interesting stone entrance.

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by TheCaptain : Dropping down from the fields into St Levan's church, there is a really interesting stone entrance to the churchyard, with a coffin shaped stone surrounded by what appear to be granite seats, and a round crosshead.

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Antonine : The reverse side, 2010

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Antonine : Photo taken in 2010

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Antonine : Side view, 2010

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Antonine : Another interesting stone Photo taken 2010

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Antonine : Interesting stone Photo taken 2010

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Antonine : The cross by the steps. There are quite a few interesting stone fragments here. Photo taken in 2010.

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Antonine : Another ancient cross by the lych steps at the rear of the church

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Antonine : The ancient 7ft cross stands about 10m from the church. It was supposedly erected to neutralise pagan practices around the Stone

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Antonine : One of the medieval crosses in the churchyard

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Antonine : The font dates from 1200

Churchyard Cross St Levan
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by Antonine : More medieval carvings. Photo taken in 2010

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