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(c). On Latin Crosses. (*)• On other crosses of different 



forms to the foregoing. 

 Blisland— Lavethan. g Breage _ In churchyard. 



Godolphin— In churchyard. S. Cleer— On "The Other 



,.. , tj ., Half Stone." 



Madron — Boscathnoe. ~ -^ T , , , 



S. Dennis — In churchyard. 



Northill— Trebartha. g. Neot— ' ' Four hole cross. ' ' 



S. Austell — Treverbyn. Sancreed — In churchyard. 



S.Neot — In Vicarage grounds {e). On early slabs and rec- 



(2). tangular stones. 



Temple— In churchyard (4). S. Wendron— In church. 



Towednack — In church porch. 



Two of the crosses contained in the foregoing list will now 

 be described. 



THE NORTH GROSS IN LANIVET CHURCHYARD. 



Plate 4- 

 Lanivet, in the Deanery of Bodmin, is situated 3 miles 

 S.W. from the town of that name, and about 3£ from the G.W. 

 Eailway Station. The granite monolith stands in the church- 

 yard on the north side of the church, and is the best example in 

 this style. There is an old saying, that it is in the middle of 

 the county, north and south, east and west. It is one of the 

 rare examples of a highly decorated wheel cross, but the 

 amount of incised work found on the other crosses, bears no 

 comparison to that on the one in question, and it was not until 

 the Rev. W. Iago and I had spent over two hours in removing 

 the lichen, &c, and cleaning the stone, that we discovered 

 how richly ornamented it was. There is a look, too, of great age 

 about this stone, which is not so noticeable in others carved 

 differently. 



The head — which is much broken away on the S. side, is 

 slightly elliptical, and shews a cross of the usual form on either 

 front, with a central boss and encircling bead, but there is no 

 other enrichment. 



There is a very marked entasis on the shaft which is beaded 

 at the angles. With the exception of two panels of debased 

 key pattern ornament, the whole of the shaft is elaborately 

 decorated with incised work, and the constant recurrence of the 



