<< Our Photo Pages >> Four Parishes Rock - Sculptured Stone in England in Cornwall
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Multi-periodSite Name: Four Parishes RockCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Sculptured Stone
Map Ref: SW42973541
Latitude: 50.162872N Longitude: 5.600281W
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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micske visited on 14th Jan 2024 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Couplands visited on 29th Jul 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 2
hallsifer visited on 19th Feb 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Gorgeous stone with the most obvious cross on top, with a second cross on the south side and carvings beneath it.
LiveAndrew visited on 20th Jan 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
LiveAndrew visited on 19th Aug 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3
lucasn visited on 27th Jan 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
markj99 visited on 15th Oct 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The Four Parishes Rock is obviously a recumbent standing with two crosses and indecipherable script inscribed on the stone. It is located at a crossroads in an area rich in megalithic remains. Worth a look in passing.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.71 Ambience: 3.71 Access: 2.86
Four Parishes Rock - The boulder is roughly rectangular in plan, with the length orientated SW to NE. It is 2.8m long, 1.5m wide and stands 0.4m out of the moorland. In the centre of the rock and on top of, 0.9m from the SW end, is a small incised cross with a hole 1 inch in diameter in the middle and arms 0.3m from tip to tip. The southern side also has a cross on it and seems to have some other form of carving/writing on it, but is half buried. The stone separates the parishes of Zennor, Morvah, Madron and Gulval and is mentioned in a 1613 account of the Bounds of Zennor Parish. The stone is listed under crosses, with the name 'Four Parishes Stone' in the Penwith Survey. The Four Parishes Rock is also a probable fallen standing stone with what looks to be an overgrown hut circle just to its west.
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