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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 ...
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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.
An ancient stone cross stands at the crossroads just west of Boduel. Crosses of this type were used as way markers between parishes as early as the 10th century. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Botiual (Botival), held from Robert, Count of Mortain. "Hwata holds BODUEL from the Count.
One of these was carved and erected in 1991. Several have been transferred from other sites. The stone cross at the cross-roads in High Cross was found in 1992 and re-erected nearby. [8] Arthur Langdon (1896) recorded six Cornish crosses in the parish; in the churchyard, at Bosvathick, at Merthen, at Nanjarrow, at Trevease and at Trewardreva. [9]
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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 .
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