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 ANTIQUITIES generally interesting, are strikingly plain. In this respect Cornwall cannot compete with Somerset, or with counties farther E. But one unique thing Cornwall has done; she has con- structed a cathedral almost worthy of the Middle Ages. ^tone Crosses. — One interesting and very im- portant branch of Cornish antiquities may be conveniently referred to under this heading. The importance of the subject may be gathered from the fact that Cornwall possesses upwards of 300 crosses alone, whilst many cross-bases remain to show that their number was formerly greater. There are in Cornwall no less than twenty- two inscribed pillar-stones, fifteen inscribed crosses, two inscribed slabs and one inscribed Saxon stele. There are also four coped stones and three recumbent cross-slabs. The subject has been ably and minutely treated by Mr. Arthur G. Langdon, F.S.A., in his volume on Old Connsh Crosses, and the reader may be referred to that admirably illustrated book for full and accurate informa- tion upon a branch of Cornish antiquities too large to be adequately dealt with here. Monumental Brasses. — The following churches in Cornwall possess, or once possessed, monu- mental brasses : — Colan. Anthony, East Blisland. Callington. Cardinham. Constantine. Crowan. Fowey. 37