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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Polyphant Cross Alternative Name: Holyway CrossCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.959 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Village: Polyphant
Map Ref: SX2727882324
Latitude: 50.614988N Longitude: 4.442777W
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 |
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 |
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Ancient Cross in England
From the Cornwall HER (Monument No. 436200)
A wheel-headed wayside cross, without base. It is probably in situ and is made of polyphant stone, not granite as is usual, also having square projections at the neck. The head is oval surrounded by a bead which continues, in Langdon's description, part of the way down the shaft; this extension is not now visible. A latin cross is carved in relief on both faces of the head within the bead. Ellis dates the cross to 12th century or later. I have no photo as I was driving past on the A30 so I have attached Street View (Google Maps).
[Note: this cross is grade II listed and recorded as Historic England List ID 1155083, 'Holyway Cross'.
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