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AN ACCOUNT OF SOME MONUMENTAL

remain, though in a ruined state[1]. The churches or oratories they erected correspond in general character with those yet remaining in Ireland; and we have wayside crosses here which also resemble those in Ireland. It is not unfair to suppose that these crosses were cut during the lifetime of the missionaries I have referred to above.

An image should appear at this position in the text. The examples which our woodcuts illustrate represent three numerous classes. The first of them which is here shewn was sketched in a village in the parish of St. Buryan, in the west, called " crouzenwraze," i. e. "cross and circle," in the old Cornish language, a name evidently taken from this little cross, indicating the respect with which it was regarded. It is not more than three feet high above the ground, and is hewn in granite.

The next example here figured is taken from the market place or open space of a village near the church of St. Buryan, called after the custom in Cornwall, "the church town."

The cross in this instance is formed with a human figure, the arms of which are extended at right angles with the body, upon a disc or round-headed stone post. In the churchyard

  1. ↑ See an account of some of these in a paper on the ancient oratories of Cornwall, in vol. ii. p 225 of this journal.
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