Two broken sections of a 9th-century Cornish cross on Bodmin Moor, one inscribed for a king recorded as drowning around AD 875
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Standing remainssubstantial fabric survives to stand in front of
Right beside the road near St Cleer stand two weathered stones, all that’s left of a 9th-century carved cross, the only ones of their age still standing in Cornwall. The shorter one, properly called King Doniert’s Stone, is inscribed with a plea for prayers for the soul of Doniert, probably Dungarth, a king of Dumnonia — roughly Cornwall and Devon — recorded as drowning around AD 875. Both stones have interlace carving, and King Doniert’s Stone has a deep socket on top, once meant for a cross-head that’s now missing. An excavation found a stone passage running underground between the two stones into a chamber below, though why is not recorded. They’re an easy stop on the way to Trethevy Quoit and the stone circles at Hurlers.
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