Tonacombe Cross
In 1918, a Celtic stone cross was discovered buried upside-down in a field beside the church path where it had been used as a rubbing post for animals. The cross was moved to the (private) garden of the manor and is thought to have been constructed in the time of the Third Crusade around 1190. It is one of only four crosses in Cornwall made of grey elvan (the hard metamorphic rock forming many clifftop rock outcrops). It is also carved with an unusual design: it is based on the fairly common pattern of a cross on a wheel head, but each limb of the carved cross is itself crossed with a transverse bar close to the tip.
Mentioned in walks
- Morwenstow to Stanbury Mouth (3.8 mile walk)