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ORNAMENT ON THE EARLY CROSSES OF CORNWALL. 



ORNAMENT 



(1). Holes, and Patterns 

 produced by them. 



Little sunk holes are used 

 either singly or in groups. 



Singly. 



(«). An incised hole in the centre 

 of the cross on the head. 



Bodmin — Callywith. 

 Camborne — Trevu. 

 Cardynham — Deviock. 

 Con stantine — Nan j arrow. 

 Crowan — Clowance. 

 Lanteglos by Camelford (2) — 



Trevia, Trewalder. 

 Madron — Boswharton. 

 Phillack — In churchyard (N. 



cross). 

 S. Kew— Polrode Mill. 

 S. Wendron — Merther Uny 



cross. 

 Tywardreath — Menabilly. 



The cross in the Market 

 Place at Penzance has a hole 

 in each of the projections at 

 the neck, and one in the middle 

 of the shaft just above them. 



In groups. 



Groups of little holes, 

 either in (1), Regular rows, 

 (2), Diagonal rows, or (3), 

 Indiscriminately arranged, are 

 cut on the shafts of the crosses. 

 The three different ways of 

 placing them occur in some 



cases on the same stone. To 

 indicate which manner is 

 adopted, the numbers are 

 quoted after the name of the 

 cross. An illustrated example 

 of No. 1 only is given. 



Grwinear — On Connor Down, 



(3). 

 Lanivet — In churchyard, N. 



cross (1, 2, & 3). 

 Madron — In churchyard (on 



cross base), 3. 

 Poche — In churchyard (I). 

 Penzance — In Market Place, 



S. Wendron — Merther Uny, m 

 old churchyard (1, 2, &3). 



(2). Patterns produced by 

 straight lines. 



(a). Square or oblong panels 

 with diagonal lines. 



Constantine — Trewardreva. 

 Lanivet — In churchyard, N. 



cross (on S. & W. faces). 

 Mabe — Helland. 

 Madron — Boscathnoe. 



This is the only instance 

 of a Latin cross being orna- 

 mented. 



