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•would have treated them with such scorn, or allowed them to 

 be so ruthlessly destroyed. Many of these priceless treasures 

 have been lost altogether, others have been damaged by persons 

 ignorant of their real value, and the whole are perishing miserably 

 from exposure to the weather. Casts or at least photographs 

 should be taken before every trace of the sculpture has dis- 

 appeared. This is the more important as many fragments which 

 have been preserved for centuries by being built into the walls 

 of churches, are being brought to light from time to time in the 

 course of modern restorations and alterations, and these are now 

 also in many cases exposed to the weather. A gallery of casts 

 of Celtic sculptured stones would be invaluable for purposes of 

 archaeological research, and might be the means of reviving the 

 national taste for the art of sculpture in which our own country- 

 men at one time attained so high a standard of excellence."* 



A list of the different purposes, for which some of the 

 Cornish crosses, inscribed stones, &c, have been, or are, 

 utilised. 



An asterisk denotes that the stone is still " on duty." 



Usage. 



Class of monument. Place where it exists. 



Parish. 



Gate Posts. 



Pigs' Troughs. 



Prop to a Barn. 



(1). AGRICULTURAL 

 Inscribed cross. 



Castledor. 

 ,, Trevena. 



„ shaft Biscovey.* 

 stone. Treveneage.* 



Connor Down.* 

 Trevia.* 



S. Clements, Truro 



Tintagel. 



S. Blazey. 



S. Hilary. 

 Cross. Connor Down.* Gwinear. 



Lanteglos by 

 Camelford. 

 N.B. — Dozens of others bear the holes for the hinges. 



Cross head. In Vicarage gar- Altarnun. 



den. 

 ,, „ In churchyard. Lesnewth. 



(The W. side was hollowed out to 

 suit this purpose. ) 



Inscribed Saxon In Rectory gar- Lanteglos by 

 Stele. den. Camelford. 



Rubbing posts set 

 up in fields. 



Wheel cross. Trevalis* Stythians. 



Many are still used for these, some having been re- 

 moved for this duty. 



*" Early Christian Symbolism," p. 82. 



