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<< Our Photo Pages >> Trengwainton Cross - Ancient Cross in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Thorgrim on Saturday, 13 August 2005  Page Views: 5211

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Trengwainton Cross Alternative Name: Trengwainton Carn Cross
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Penzance  Nearest Village: Madron
Map Ref: SW4405232193
Latitude: 50.134465N  Longitude: 5.583001W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 5

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Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by Stonefly : Cross-head upon a base, close by the route of an ancient track of which little evidence now remains. SW441322 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Cross in Cornwall

Cross head on base, alongside an ancient track near Trengwainton Carn.

Pastscape monument no. 424429.
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Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by Bladup : Trengwainton Cross. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by Bladup : Another sunset from Trengwainton Carn (Vote or comment on this photo)

Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by BenynHweg : I was thrilled to find this cross so easily. It's well cleared and stunning. The suggestion of a cist seems plausible. Although it does also seem well placed as a way marker too. I suppose it could have been both? (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by Bladup : Trengwainton Cross, It's been cleared and it looks like there's there's two stones of a possible cist in the ground next to the cross (On the left), Which raises the question - could the cross and it's base be made from two of the other missing cist stones? The sites position on high ground very near to Trengwainton Cairn with it's wonderful outcrop would in fact be a very typical South West posit... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by Bladup : Sunset from Trengwainton Carn (Vote or comment on this photo)

Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by Bladup : Trengwainton Cross, It's been cleared and it looks like there's there's two stones of a possible cist in the ground next to the cross (In the foreground), Which raises the question - could the cross and it's base be made from two of the other missing cist stones?

Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by lucasn : Trengwainton Cross. Best viewed in Winter as it gets very overgrown and impossible to spot during the Summer months.

Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by Bladup : On the top of Trengwainton Carn, The lovely outcrop from where the cross got it's name is just to the South of it. This photo is looking North West, The little outcrop on the hill in the distance on the right is Boswarva carn.

Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by Bladup : Trengwainton Carn, The lovely outcrop from where the cross got it's name is just to the South of it.

Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by Bladup : Trengwainton Cross.

Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by JimChampion : The Trengwainton Cross, only just visible after I had stomped down a path through the bracken and brambles. Behind the cross are gorse and rhododendron bushes which will probably swallow it up over the next few years.

Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by JimChampion : The nearby cross at Boswarthen is complete. The Trengwainton Cross lacks a shaft, and the head is set directly into the base. The Boswarthen Cross is also clearly visible alongside a tarmac road, whereas this one is almost lost in the undergrowth near a bridleway.

Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by JimChampion : The back of Trengwainton Cross, lit by fill-in flash.

Trengwainton Cross
Trengwainton Cross submitted by JimChampion : The front of Trengwainton Cross, after the brambles and bracken had been moved out of the way!

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 200m SSW 192° Bosiliack stone circle Stone Circle (SW440320)
 573m NE 50° Boswarthen Cross* Ancient Cross (SW44513254)
 732m NE 39° Madron Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW44543274)
 775m WSW 250° Trewern Round* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW43313196)
 843m NNE 14° Boswarthen menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW443330)
 847m W 260° Trewern menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW43213208)
 1.3km ESE 105° Madron Cross* Ancient Cross (SW453318)
 1.3km W 268° Higher Trewern Homestead* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW427322)
 1.4km SW 230° Tremayne* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW42973137)
 1.4km NW 308° Boswarva Carn Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW430331)
 1.4km SE 127° Nanceglos Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW45123130)
 1.5km NNW 327° Lanyon Enclosure* Misc. Earthwork (SW433335)
 1.5km ESE 114° Boscathnoe Cross* Ancient Cross (SW45443150)
 1.6km NW 323° Lanyon Enclosure.* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW43133355)
 1.8km SSE 155° Parc-An-Growse Cross* Ancient Cross (SW44713055)
 1.8km N 356° Carfury* Standing Stones (SW44003400)
 1.8km NW 322° Lanyon Quoit* Portal Tomb (SW42983369)
 1.9km NE 52° Bone Valley Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW456333)
 1.9km NW 309° Boswarva Carn Hut Circles and Enclosure* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW426335)
 2.0km NW 312° West Lanyon Enclosure* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW42653356)
 2.0km N 349° Bosiliack B menhir* Modern Stone Circle etc (SW43763415)
 2.1km NNW 347° Bosiliack standing stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW43693423)
 2.2km SSE 156° Tremethick Cross* Ancient Cross (SW4483730144)
 2.2km ESE 110° Heamoor Cross* Ancient Cross (SW46093136)
 2.2km NNW 332° Bosiliack Barrow* Chambered Tomb (SW43113421)
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