What is recorded here
Waterstown preserves a late medieval limestone cross whose broken arms and solid wheel still catch the light. A gothic Christ faces east on its surviving stone, watching the road where travellers once passed. The cross now stands embedded in a large granite boulder rather than its own base, suggesting people moved it when circumstances changed. That unusual placement turns a ordinary marker into a small record of human choice, pride or survival.
Historic Monument No. HM003511, this monument was entered in the Register of Historic Monuments on the 22 December 1980. A late medieval limestone cross with solid wheel and arms broken. A gothic Christ is depicted on E face. Probably originally stood in cross base (CW004-013----) beside road to NE, now stands in large earthfast granite boulder.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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