<< Our Photo Pages >> Penwine Cross - Ancient Cross in England in Cornwall
Submitted by Thorgrim on Thursday, 04 November 2004 Page Views: 3463
Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Penwine CrossCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Bodmin Nearest Village: St Mabyn
Map Ref: SX0606473375
Latitude: 50.527932N Longitude: 4.737624W
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 |
| 0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
I have visited· I would like to visit
markj99 visited on 5th Jun 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Hundreds of people pass by this curious corner every day. It is worthwhile to stop and contemplate the fates of the cross and standing stone at the Longstone junction.
TheCaptain cazzyjane have visited here
The front face has an equal armed cross, while the reverse face has a Fleur de Lys symbol.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
coldrum has found this location on Google Street View:
Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
©2017(licence)
©2019(licence)
©2020(licence)
©2020(licence)
©2017(licence)
The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
6m SW 216° Longstone (St Mabyn)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX06067337)
8m NE 48° Longstone Cross* Ancient Cross (SX06077338)
924m E 91° Tregony Cross Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SX06997333)
3.0km E 83° Fairies' Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX09107363)
3.2km SW 218° Pencarrow Cross* Ancient Cross (SX040709)
3.6km ENE 75° Tregenna Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX096742)
3.6km E 92° Holy Well (Blisland)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX097731)
3.9km E 90° Blisland Millennium Stone* Modern Stone Circle etc (SX09947324)
3.9km NNE 18° St Tudy Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SX07407708)
3.9km E 93° Blisland Holy Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX1073)
4.0km SSW 210° Pencarrow Rounds* Hillfort (SX03987001)
4.2km W 272° Killibury Camp* Hillfort (SX01857365)
4.2km SSW 210° Prior's Cross* Ancient Cross (SX038698)
4.3km E 92° St Pratt's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX1037973100)
4.3km NNE 16° Trevenning Cross* Ancient Cross (SX074775)
4.4km ENE 62° De Lank Quarry* Standing Stones (SX100753)
4.6km NE 38° St Breward's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX0906776916)
4.8km NW 316° Trequite Cross* Ancient Cross (SX02917694)
4.9km W 271° Three Hole Cross* Ancient Cross (SX01177367)
4.9km SSE 152° Lancarffe Inscribed Stone Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SX08266894)
5.0km NNE 20° Trevenning Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SX07937806)
5.1km NW 310° St Kew's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX023768)
5.2km NNE 27° Fentonadle* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX086779)
5.2km NW 309° St Kew Cross* Ancient Cross (SX021768)
5.3km NE 54° Lady down Ancient Village or Settlement (SX105763)
View more nearby sites and additional images
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.