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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mary's CrossCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Penzance
Map Ref: SW47543001
Latitude: 50.116364N Longitude: 5.532846W
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 |
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TheCaptain visited on 15th Jun 2023 - their rating: Access: 4 A strange looking stone stump in the churchyard at Penzance. All I could really make out is a couple of carved figures on it, until I realised that the cross arms were broken off.
hallsifer visited on 27th May 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Despite being clearly destroyed/damaged it's still a lovely stone with a nice view out of the churchyard to the sea.
lucasn visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.33
A two tier granite base 0.6m high, and the lower part 1.1m square, supports the upper part of an ornate medieval cross shaft. It is 1.2m high with both arms broken off flush with the shaft which, at the bottom, measures 0.2m by 0.3m in section.
On one face of the broader side there is a Crucifixion relief and on the other side a Christ in Majesty, both damaged. The narrower sides have shoulders below which parallel ribs descend the shaft.
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