More information : Langdon and Allen list an Early Christian
Monument (a "rude pillar stone") standing on a waste piece of
land called Water Lane at Boslow, St.Just-in-Penwith.
[See AO/59/379/3] (1)
"This stone stands at the upper end of Water Lane, a moorland
track some distance from the village of Bosullow: at the back of a
farm which is N.E. of a conspicuous mass of rocks on a hilltop;
and in the middle of a dense thicket of thorny shrubs, which make
the taking of a satisfactory photograph next to impossible. It is
of granite 4'0" x 1'2" x 1'1". The inscription is on the W.face:
it seems to have been pocked, and is in good condition, but is much
clogged with lichen. There is a cross potent on the southern
face, and a peculiar cross with a looped transom underneath the
inscription. Langdon (1)(2) reads the latter TAETUENA, but this
is not quite correct, and his representation of the cross falls
slightly short of his usual high standard of accuracy. The true
reading of the inscription, which is in two lines reading downward,
is TAET UERA" (2)
Macalister lists the stone under "Boslow (aliter Boscullow)" and
gives a clearer illustration [See AO/59/379/4] than in (3).
[The first three authorities list this stone in St. Just-in-Penwith
parish, as does H.O'N. Hencken in "Arch of Cornwall and Scilly
1932, pp 300, 265. Boslow is in Sancreed parish at SW 3932 and
Great and Little Bosullow are in Madron parish at SW 4133] (3)
SW 3925 3305 Inscribed stone at Boslow [sited] (4)
Macalister's measurements and description of the stone appear
to be correct. It stands on the NE. side of a small mound, probably
modern. The stone is at SW 3924 3303.
It is now unencumbered by shrubs. Ground photographs: see
AO/61/35/3 for inscription on W.face; and AO/61/35/4 for S.face. (5)
No change: Surveyed at 1:2500. (6)
(SW 39243303) Inscribed Stone (NR) (BS) (NAT) (7)
An inscribed memorial stone recorded as a bound stone named
'Krowse East' between St Just and Morvah in 1613 (a).
Scheduled under Inscribed Stones. (8-11)
Full description of the stone and discussion of the text, which stylistically dates the stone to the 8th-11th centuries. (12)
Listed. (13) |