Lansallos Stone: 202
Cross – Grade II Listed
- Recited Medieval carved stone Latin Boundary Cross
- full width incised cross to back & front face
- central 5cm hole on top face
- Visible dim: height 0.8m width 0.8m
Description when found at Highertown; a farm adjoining the western end of the churchyard.
It is now lying on the ground, and has evidently been in this position for a number of years.
This stone is in a very good state of preservation and is of unique shape: total length 5ft [1m 52cm];width across arms 2ft 6in [76cm]; width of shaft 11in [28cm]; thickness 8in [20cm].
Old Cornish Crosses – Arthur G. Langdon, 1896.
The largest incised Latin cross, at present, discovered in Cornwall.
Wayside Christian crosses were erected during the medieval period, mostly from the 9th to 15th centuries AD;
the Latin cross shown as a simple slab, with a low relief cross on both faces, is rare.
The stone is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, for its national importance.
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