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Old Cornish crosses (1896)

Langdon, Arthur G, Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly), 1847-1907 · Truro: J. Pollard · leaf 216

An illustration from Old Cornish crosses, 1896, leaf 216
Perran Sands, Perranzabuloe Perranzabuloe, or Si. Piran in-the-Sands, in the Deanery ofIowder, is situated seven miles north-west of Truro. In some old maps it is railed Tlirct-liolcs Cross, which was, no (If)ubt, its early name. UNORNAMENTED CROSSES i8i This splendid monolith stands in its base,… … Di?Uinsions.—Height, 8 ft. lo in. ; width of head, 2 ft. ; width ofshaft: at the neck i ft. 2 in., at the bottom i ft. 9 in. ; thickness at thebottom. 18 in., tapering to 7 in. at the top ; width of base, 4 ft. i in. Owing to the exposed position of the stone and the coarse andperishable nature of…

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