The Victoria history of the county of Cornwall . *>^^ T^Jr^^^^^^^l^S^. s < X z Q < u Q<X u B!DS u Ed X ote. U 440 EARLY CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS The cross at St. Columb Major is a beautiful little specimen, although it now onlyretains about 6 inches of its shaft, and the back of the head is somewhat mutilated. The head of the cross at Prideaux Place, Padstow, is unique, for instead of the usualring, the limbs of the cross are connected by four straight portions set diagonally. The Quethiock cross is a very fine one and the tallest of its kind in Cornwall, measuring13 feet 4 inches in he
The Victoria history of the county of Cornwall . *>^^ T^Jr^^^^^^^l^S^. s < X z Q < u Q<X u B!DS u Ed X ote. U 440 EARLY CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS The cross at St. Columb Major is a beautiful little specimen, although it now onlyretains about 6 inches of its shaft, and the back of the head is somewhat mutilated. The head of the cross at Prideaux Place, Padstow, is unique, for instead of the usualring, the limbs of the cross are connected by four straight portions set diagonally. The Quethiock cross is a very fine one and the tallest of its kind in Cornwall, measuring13 feet 4 inches in height from the base. Redgate No. 2, called by Borlase and other early writers * The Other Half Stone, standsclose to the inscribed cross-base at Redgate; only one face is decorated, and has a long panelfilled with an eight-cord plait broken at the top. St. Erth cross-shaft is mutilated and broken in two ; the upper portion appears to retainthe remains of the head, as part of the figure of our Lord is carved thereon. During the restoration of Gwennap Church many years ag
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