High Cross, Constantine

High Cross, Constantine

High Cross is a hamlet in the Civil Parish of Constantine, Kerrier,Cornwall. It is east of Constantine village, overlooking Helford River.

A local landmark is the High Cross Garage, at the junction of the road from Constantine to Lamanva and Penryn and the road from Mawnan Smith. A mediaeval stone cross was found, in 1993 [cite book
last = Langdon
first = Andrew
authorlink = Andrew Langdon
title = Stone crosses of West Cornwall (Cornish Crosses series, No. 5)
publisher= Federation of Old Cornwall Societies
location = Cornwall
date=1999
page= Page 23
id =ISBN 0-902660-28-4,] built into a collapsing "Cornish hedge" [For information on "Cornish hedges", see Dry stone construction and The Guild of Cornish Hedgers] . It was re-erected nearby, at the crossroad, in April 2000 [cite book
last = Trethowan
first = Gerald
coauthor= Liz Moore
title = "The Book of Constantine"
authorlink = Gerald Trethowan
publisher= Halsgrove
location = Tiverton, Devon
date= 2001
id= ISBN 1-84114-102-X
pages= Page 15

] .

At the other end of the hill is the Potager Nursery Garden and restaurant [ [http://www.potagergardennursery.co.uk/ The Potager Nursery Garden and restaurant] ] (only open Sundays, April to September).

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