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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Altarnun Cross B Alternative Name: The Short CrossCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Village: Altarnun
Map Ref: SX22318170
Latitude: 50.607889N Longitude: 4.51263W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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markj99 visited on 9th Jun 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The Short Cross is located c. 500 yards N of Altarnun at the start of a narrow lane leading to Tresibbett. I had to clear away vegetation to find the broken cross head embedded in the base of a stone wall.
From the Cornwall HER: A worn and mutilated cross, roughly square in shape stood at the Y-junction north of Altarnun village. According to Ellis, it is locally known as 'Short Cross' and is probably near its original site at the road junction (b2). A field visit by the OS revealed that the cross is built into the base of a hedge.
See Historic England List ID 1004239 (Wayside cross 315m north of The Old Rectory, Altarnun) for more information.
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