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Fig. 1: some stone crosses in Cornwall Fig. 2: some more stone crosses The hundreds of Cornwall. Wayside crosses and Celtic inscribed stones are found in Cornwall in large numbers; the inscribed stones (about 40 in number) are thought to be earlier in date than the crosses and are a product of Celtic Christian society. It is likely that the ...
[10] [11] The last church services conducted in Cornish were in Ludgvan in the late 17th century (this claim is also made for Towednack). There are four Cornish crosses in the parish; one is at Crowlas, another at Whitecross (this has a cross on one side of the head and a crude crucifixus figure on the other) and two are in the churchyard. [12]
The early incised cross on a stone in the porch and the altar slab suggest that the subordination to Lelant only began after the Norman Conquest. [9] The stone in the porch forms a bench; the cross shaft has crosses at both ends. [10] Over the porch is a typical sundial of a wide class of Cornish church dials from 1720.
There is a stone cross in the churchyard which was found beside the road from the churchtown to Fraddon. It was set up in the churchyard in 1879 but moved to a different position in the churchyard in 1893. [12] The parish church is 15th century though the tower had to be rebuilt after collapsing in 1684: the date of rebuilding is 1711.
The High crosses are some of the most well-known stone crosses known in the British Isles. Many of the sculptured stone crosses have inward curving “armpits,” which are the junctions of the cross arms and the long stem. [5] The designs of the crosses are also similar to those seen in illuminated manuscripts, such as the Book of Kells.
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Both Muiredach's cross and the Cross of the Scriptures at Clonmacnoise have been dated to about 900–920 CE. [1] High crosses are thought to have originated as stone versions of decorated wooden or metal crosses; and the stone crosses which survive today are considered to be the last phase of development of the high cross.
Articles relating to stone crosses. They are typically Christian monuments, almost always hewn from a single block of stone, usually granite , sandstone , limestone or basalt . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stone crosses .