<< Our Photo Pages >> Churchyard Cross St Levan - Ancient Cross in England in Cornwall
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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Churchyard Cross St LevanCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: St. Just Nearest Village: Porthcurno
Map Ref: SW38032220
Latitude: 50.042147N Longitude: 5.660244W
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 |
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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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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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
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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