66 OKNAMENT ON THE EABLY CEOSSES OF CORNWALL. 



situated in a similar way to the church on Brent Tor, being 

 reached by a road winding round the hill. 



The granite monolith stands near the S. porch, and is 

 entirely different in form from any of the other crosses. The 

 head is of horse-shoe shape, with a double bead running round 

 the curved portion, and stopping on the top of a kind of flat 

 collar surrounding the neck, which is lower on the E. front than 

 on the W. front, the sides are sloped to connect them. The 

 shaft, with entasis, has beaded angles also stopped on the 

 collar, and possesses the somewhat curious feature of being 

 considerably wider at the top than at the bottom. 1 The original 

 circular base remains, and the monument in its complete state is 

 considered to be in situ. 



The dimensions are: — Total height of the cross, 6-ft. 7-in., 

 width of head, 18-in., the shaft is 15J-in. wide at the top, and 

 12-in. at the bottom, thickness on S. side, 8^-in. at the bottom, 

 diminishing to 7-in. at the top, and on the N. side it is about 

 an inch thicker altogether. All four sides are ornamented with 

 incised work as follows : — 



N. Side. The head is beaded, and the shaft has two 

 panels, the upper one is very small and is simply double beaded, 

 the lower one contains three separate figures, which vary 

 slightly in shape, and resemble, if anything, an hour glass. 

 The only things of this shape that I have seen, are some glass 

 tumblers about 3 inches high which were taken out of a grave, 

 in the old Eoman burying ground, near Rio Tinto. Spain. 



W. Front. On the head a plain Latin cross in outline, on 

 the shaft another bead inside that at the angles, containing three 

 of the figures already described, all varying in form. 



S. Side. The head is beaded at the angles, and the shaft 

 is divided into four irregular panels by beads. 



E. Front. On the head, a Latin cross similar to that on 

 the W. front, but with rounded ends to the arms and head. A 

 round hole about 2£-in. in diameter is sunk on each side of it. 



1 Others shaped thus, are found at Helston, Boconnoc, Pendarves and 

 Trevean. 



