ORNAMENT ON THE EARLY CROSSES OF CORNWALL. 



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Grwythian — In churchyard. 

 Lanteglos by Cam elf or d— -In 



Rectory garden. 

 Mylor — In churchyard. 

 Perranzabuloe — On Perran 



Sands. 

 Roche — In churchyard. 

 S. Day — Scorrier, in grounds. 

 S. Wendron — In Merther Uny 



old churchyard. 



(d). On Holed Crosses. 



Bodmin — Carminnow. 

 Lawhitton — Treniffle. 



Mawgan in Pyder — Lanherne. 

 Michaelstcw — In churchyard. 

 Phillack — In churchyard. 

 S. Buryan — In churchyard. 

 S. Erth — In churchyard. 

 S. Paul — On churchyard wall. 

 8. Wendron — In churchyard. 



(e). On other crosses of different 

 forms to the foregoing. 



Blisland — In village. 

 S, Blazey — Biscovey. 

 S. Dennis — In churchyard. 

 Sancreed — In churchyard. 



THE GROSS IN MERTHER UNY OLD CHURCHYARD, 

 S. WENDRON. Plate 6. 



Merther Uny, in the parish of S. Wendron, and deanery of 

 Kerrier, is about 5 miles N.E. of Helston Railway Station on 

 the Gr.W.R. S. Uny was an Irish saint who visited Cornwall, 

 c. 460. The churches at Uny Lelant and Uni Redruth, are 

 dedicated to him ; also S. Uny Well, near the Land's End, and 

 the original church at Merther Uny. 



The cross occupies its original site near the S. side of the 

 entrance to the old churchyard, and stands in a base, sunk about 

 1 8-in. below the ground. The base is broken across the middle. 

 Mr. S. J. Wills 1 of S. Wendron was present in 1886 when the 

 cross was refixed. During the necessary excavations for this 

 purpose, portions of human bones and oak coffins were turned 

 up, the latter in a very good state of preservation. The burying 

 ground is now used as a vegetable garden. 



This is another cross containing some very curious orna- 

 ment, which deserves special description. It is a monolith with 

 a quaint shaped head, rounded at the top, the sides being nearly 

 straight, the angles are beaded, and there are projections at 

 the neck. The ornament throughout is executed in a most 

 irregular manner. The dimensions are as follows : — height out 

 of the ground, 5-ft. 6-in., width of head (at widest), 16-in., 



1 1 am indebted to this gentlemen for the historical notes on this cross, as 

 well as for those relating to the one now at Scorrier. 



