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the " San Greal," or Holy Dish, in which it is said Joseph of 

 Arimathasa collected the Sacred Blood. There is a similar 

 representation on a cross at Sancreed in Cornwall, of a one- 

 handled cup, but it more probably refers to the " pot and lily," 

 symbolical of the Annunciation and not to the Holy Grail. 

 (Baring-Gould). 



Particular notice should be taken of the south porch with its 

 striking Inner Doorway, which is really a beautiful example of 

 Norman work. The jambs are ornamented with circular shafts, 

 having foliated capitals, and the circular head enriched with nail- 

 head ornaments and pointed roll. On the eastern jamb and on 



the inner side of it, will be seen four roughly-cut crosses, which 

 are said to be consecration marks. These crosses, it is supposed, 

 were first marked in holy oil by the bishop who re-consecrated 

 the church, or some part of it, possibly after desecration by 

 bloodshed, and were then chiselled in their present form to 

 commemorate the event. Of special antiquarian and ecclesi- 

 astical interest also is the old sacring-bell-hut over the west 



