Church of St Buryan
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Church of St Buryan
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 12 Jul 2005
"North wall of chancel is C12, otherwise C15 and possibly early C16 ... Largely unaltered late medieval exterior, with most of the original openings ... Tall C15 4-storey embattled tower has buttresses set back from the corners; strings dividing the stages" http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=69682 In the foreground is the WW1 war memorial, a "large ogee-headed arched niche containing a pierced wheel-headed cross" http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=69697&mode=adv . The circular churchyard probably indicates pre-Christian origin, in this case "the enclosure wall of a late Iron Age enclosed settlement".
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Image Location
Latitude
50.074904
Longitude
-5.622758