Dunstanville Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Memorial.

Dunstanville Memorial

WRENN ID: noble-marble-martin
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Cornwall
Country: England
Type: Memorial
Source: Historic England listing

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

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