78 ORNAMENT ON THE EARLY CROSSES OE CORNWALL. 



This is a wheel cross with projections at the neck, the shaft 

 has an entasis, and the angles are beaded. The ornamentation 

 is most curions and rare, consisting almost entirely of chequer 

 work, particulars of which will be found in my analysis. This 

 kind of decoration is found on only two other crosses in Corn- 

 wall, viz., at Clowance, Crowan, and in Mr. Baddeley's garden, 

 Helston. The only other example that I know of is given in 

 Stuart's " Sculptured Stones of Scotland," and is to be found in 

 the Minister's garden at Meigle. 



The dimensions are — height out of the ground, 7-ft. 8-in., 

 diameter of head, 1-ft. 7-in., width of the shaft at the top, 14-in., 

 at the bottom, 16£-in. The cross is of a nearly uniform thickness 

 of 11 -in., but slightly narrowed at the head. All four sides 

 are ornamented as follows : — 



North Front. The elliptical head is double beaded, and con- 

 tains a Greek cross in relief, with widened ends, and a small 

 triangular sinking in each of the projections at the neck. The 

 design on the shaft is not central, but placed toward s the West side, 

 and is bordered on that side by two beads, andon the East by three 

 beads. At the top is a circle, with a plain Greek cross in relief 

 within, having a groove cut across it at right angles, and carried 

 down through the centre of the ornament, to the corresponding 

 cross and circle at the bottom. Below the first circle is chequer 

 work formed by five diamonds, with sunk triangular spaces at 

 the sides. Between these, and the lower circle, are two segments 

 of a circle, with sinkings in the middle. All the work in relief 

 is flush with the face of the stone, the sunk work by which 

 the pattern is formed, is about £-in. to f-in. below. At the 

 bottom of the design, is a segmental bead running into those at 

 the sides. 



West Side. There is no ornament on the head on either side. 

 On the shaft is some irregular chequer work, formed simply by 

 incised lines ; below are some roughly executed zigzag lines. 



South Front. The head on this side is round and double 

 beaded, containing a plain Greek cross in relief. The pro- 

 jections at the neck have, on the West side, a square sinking, 

 set diagonally, on the East side is one of triangular shape. On 

 the West side of the shaft is chequer work reaching nearly to 



