Camelford: Valley Truckle Cross
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Camelford: Valley Truckle Cross
Image: © Martin Bodman Taken: 22 Aug 2008
In St Julietta’s churchyard, Lanteglos. This wheel-headed wayside cross was discovered at Valley Truckle, in the parish, where its shaft had been used for binding tyres onto cart wheels at a blacksmith’s shop. It is 1.5m high and may date from the early middle ages [Source: Andrew Langdon, Stone Crosses in North Cornwall. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, 1996, 43]
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Image Location
Latitude
50.609279
Longitude
-4.70353