Description

CARN BREA
SW 64 SE
5/122 Dunstanville Memorial
GV

Memorial to Lord Dunstanville and Basset of Tehidy. Dated 1836 on base.
Dressed granite in large blocks. Massive tapering octagonal cross; plinth approx.
12 metres square and 3 metres high, with round-headed doorway in south side;
square 2-course base to short octagonal broached pedestal with weathered coping,
south side of pedestal inscribed:-
THE
COUNTY OF CORNWALL
IN MEMORY OF
LORD DUNSTANVILLE
AND BASSET
AD 1836
Small square opening at top of each cardinal side of shaft; concave-sided cross
pierced from front to back by a diamond-shaped opening. With Carn Brea Castle
to east, a very prominent landmark, perhaps designed also to serve as a
navigational beacon for shipping off the north coast.

Listing NGR: SW6834640723

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435449

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  For the Record
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)