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panel of debased key pattern ornament ; (4), a narrow panel 

 containing three rows of little holes ; (5), a double panel divided 

 vertically by an incised line. The S. panel is filled with holes ; 

 the N. is again divided, the S. side contains holes, and the N. a 

 Latin cross. 



N. Side. Also divided into six panels: (1), a long panel 

 with a Greek cross near the top, and the remainder decorated 

 with little holes in regular rows; (2), a square panel with a S. 

 Andrew's cross (by the spandrils being marked, another is formed 

 outside the incised one) ; (3), a panel of holes ; (4), an oblong 

 panel containing two concentric circles ; (5 & 6), divided by a 

 bead, are too much worn to define. A large hole has been made 

 at the bottom of the latter. 



W. Front. Also divided into six panels: (1), a narrow 

 panel with two rows of holes, the top line formed by the ring of 

 the cross ; (2), separated from the above by a broad flat bead, is 

 a panel containing markings similar to those found on the top 

 panel of the E. front ; (3), a narrow panel with diagonal lines 

 from corner to corner ; (4), a square panel containing debased 

 key pattern ornament similar to that on the E. front. (5), an 

 oblong panel with three regular rows of holes ; (6), a long panel 

 surrounded by a bead, in the middle is a cross reaching nearly 

 to the top, the three upper limbs have tau ends, the lower one 

 is carried to the bottom. The top of the cross leans slightly 

 over to the S. On the left side of the cross and two inches 

 from it, is the shaft of what seems to be a crosier, with the crook 

 encircling the upper limbs of the cross. 



In addition to the number of panels already given, there 

 appears to have been yet another below, as there are indistinct 

 markings left, but all too much mutilated to say for what they 

 were originally intended. The upper portion only is visible, 

 the rest being buried. 



THE S. DENNIS CHURCHYARD CROSS. 

 Plate 5. 



S. Dennis, in the Deanery of S. Austell, is 2£ miles from 

 Yictoria Station, on the Cornwall Minerals Railway. It is 

 mentioned in Doomsday Book as " Lan-Dines, the Church on the 

 Hill." It is built in the middle of an old entrenchment, and 



