Guidestone Approx 46M North-West Of Longcross

The building is an early 18th-century granite guidestone, originally erected approximately 46 meters northwest of Longcross. It was removed in 1940 and re-erected in 2008 on the northeast side of the crossroads. The stone is square in plan, standing 1.1 meters high and 0.25 meters wide, with chamfered corners and a flat top. It is painted white with black lettering. The northern face is inscribed with an abbreviated form of Liskeard, reading "LISK," with a lowercase "d" above the "K." The eastern face reads "LooE," the western face "LeRy," and the southern face is divided into two parts, reading “LAnsa / llos.” Ordnance Survey benchmarks are carved on the lower parts of the south and east faces.

In 1697, an Act of Parliament authorized Justices in Highway Sessions to require the erection of direction stones at cross highways. This guidestone is part of a group of early 18th-century stones erected at road junctions south of Liskeard, along the route connecting Looe and Fowey and formerly part of the London to Penzance post road. These stones marked a route that avoided the use of the ferry across the River Fowey. In 1863, most Highway Boards in Cornwall replaced older granite stones with wooden fingerposts, but the Trecan Gate Highway Board, responsible for Lansallos civil parish, retained the original stones. During World War II, on May 30, 1940, the government ordered the removal of direction posts to prevent their use by an invading army and the stone was removed and re-erected on the road from Polperro to Raphael. It was returned to the crossroads and re-erected in January 2008 for safety reasons.

The guidestone is designated at Grade II for its architectural interest as a good example of an early 18th-century guidestone, for its historical interest as a witness to the impact of world events, and for its group value alongside the eighteen surviving guidestones along the road between Looe and Fowey.