76 ORNAMENT ON THE EARLY CROSSES OE CORNWALL. 



width, of shaft, at the neck, 12-in., at the bottom, 14-in., and of 

 a uniform thickness of 9-in. All four sides are sculptured as 

 follows : — 



East Front. On the head a central boss with encircling 

 bead, adjoining which, and in some cases cutting through the 

 bead, are four deep sinkings, 2f-in. below the face of the stone. 



On the shaft at the neck, is an oblong projection between 

 the beads of the angles. Above is a single small hole, and 

 1^-in. below this overhanging piece, is a boss, similar to that on 

 head, but somewhat smaller. This portion of the shaft is decor- 

 ated with small holes sunk in rows, sloping upwards from left to 

 right, and extending to about 12-in. below the boss. The lower 

 part of the shaft has some vertical groove markings. 



North Side. No ornament on the head on either side. On 

 the shaft at the neck a single boss, but not central. Below the 

 projections at the neck, is a row of four little holes, and the 

 remainder of the shaft is divided into four panels; (1), at the 

 top a long panel of little holes, sunk as already described ; (2), 

 separated from the one above by a bead, is a plain square 

 panel ; (3), a panel consisting of four rows of little holes, three 

 in a row sunk horizontally ; (4), another bead and a plain panel. 



West Front. With one or two exceptions this is similar to 

 the E. front. Immediately below the oblong projection, is a row 

 of six vertical beads in relief, stopped against the overhanging 

 portion above, and having rounded ends. They are not of even 

 length, being longest at the ends. 6-in. below them is a boss, 

 rather larger and much lower than that on the E. front, and 

 placed towards the N. side, which is double beaded. The back 

 ground is ornamented with little holes indiscrimately placed to 

 about 15-in. below the boss. 



South Side. A very remarkable feature is seen here, showing 

 how unforeseen difficulties or mistakes were got over by the 

 primitive workmen. It will be noticed that at the point marked 

 " A" on the drawing, a piece of stone has been left. If it had 

 not been, the deeply sunk hole in the head would have come 

 right through. The boss, I assume, to balance this, is placed 

 near the E. side, instead of being central. 



