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However, Carbis Bay church is dedicated to St Anta. Arthur Langdon (1896) records eight stone crosses in the parish, of which four are in the churchyard; the other crosses are at Brunian Cairn, Lelant Lane, Sea Lane and the churchtown. [10] At one time Lelant was an important town and seaport having a market and a custom-house. [11]
Lanteglos (Old Cornish: Nant Eglos, meaning church valley) is a coastal civil parish in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.It is on the east side of the tidal estuary of the River Fowey which separates it from the town and civil parish of Fowey. [2]
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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 .
Ludgvan (/ ˈ l ʌ dʒ ən / LUJ-ən; Cornish: Lujuan) [1] is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, UK, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) northeast of Penzance.Ludgvan village is split between Churchtown, on the hill, and Lower Quarter to the east, adjoining Crowlas. [2]
Such market halls, or crosses, may derive from the high crosses or free-standing stones of the Early Mediaeval period. In the Middle Ages they were often used as gathering points in the centres of communities, generally as venues for regular markets. Beneath the hall was an open arcade, now partly enclosed, where stalls selling produce could be ...
Stone cross in Saxon Weißig near Dresden, with a carving of a crossbow. Stone crosses (German: Steinkreuze) in Central Europe are usually bulky Christian monuments, some 80–120 cm (31–47 in) high and 40–60 cm (16–24 in) wide, that were almost always hewn from a single block of stone, usually granite, sandstone, limestone or basalt.
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 ...