
What is recorded here
Ancient stone cross in the churchyard at Sancreed is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Likely dating to the early medieval period, the stone cross in the churchyard at Sancreed may have had a Christian religious function, possibly as a waymarker or site for public preaching. Such crosses often reflected local Christian traditions and may have stood at an earlier sacred or ritual site.
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Places near here
Early Christian memorial stone and churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m south of the churchScheduled monument · 4 yd
Churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, immediately south of the churchScheduled monument · 6 yd
The door to Sancreed churchChurch, cross or graveyard · 49 yd
Sancreed HouseListed building · 51 yd
Blind Fiddler Standing StoneHeritage attraction · 1365 yd
Boscawen-Un Stone CircleHeritage attraction · 1.3 mi
Bartine CastleArchaeological place · 1.6 mi
Trig point within Bartine Castle, Bartinney DownsCastle, fort or tower · 1.6 mi
Tregerest Methodist Chapel and graveyardChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.7 mi
Trengwainton GardensVisitor information · 2.3 mi
Chapel Carn BreaMountain / peak · 2.3 miOther information
Photo: Rod Allday · CC BY-SA 2.0