Report No: 2004004 Pendrea Cross, St Buryan, Cornwall Restoration and repair Cornwall Archaeological Unit Pendrea Cross, St Buryan, Cornwall Restoration and repair Ann Preston-Jones Andrew Langdon January 2004 Report No: 2004004 CORNWALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT Historic Environment Service, Planning Transportation and Estates, Cornwall County Council Kennall Building, Old County Hall, Station Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY tel (01872) 323603 fax (01872) 323811 E-mail
[email protected] Acknowledgements The restoration of the cross was organised and funded through Cornwall Archaeological Unit’s Scheduled Monument Management Project. English Heritage, Cornwall Heritage Trust and Cornwall County Council contribute to the project’s budget. Cornwall County Council’s Area Surveyor, Graham Phipps, gave consent for the work, and advised on roadside safety. On site, the work was carried out by Adrian Thomas and David Cutting, with Geoff Hoad driving the digger. Within Cornwall Archaeological Unit, the report was edited by Peter Rose. Cover illustration The Pendrea Cross © Cornwall County Council 2004 No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the publisher. 2 Contents 1 Summary 5 2 Introduction 6 2.1 Project background 6 2.2 Aims 6 3 Background 6 3.1 Location and setting 6 3.2 History of the monument 7 3.3 Description of the Pendrea Cross 7 3.4 Condition of the monument prior to restoration 8 4 Recording 8 4.1 Results of the recording 9 5 The conservation work 9 6 Conclusion 10 6.1 Recommendations 10 7 References 11 7.1 Primary sources 11 7.2 Publications 11 8 Project archive 11 3 List of Figures 1.