Name: King Doniert's Stone
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King Doniert's Stone

St Cleer, Liskeard, Cornwall PL14 6EG, UK

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King Doniert's Stone Two richly carved pieces of a 9th century 'Celtic' cross, with an inscription commemorating Dungarth, King of Dumnonia in the south-west of Britain, who drowned in about AD 875.

These two fragments, one of which is known as King Doniert’s Stone, are the only surviving examples of 9th-century stone crosses in Cornwall. The inscription on King Doniert’s Stone, bearing the name of a Cornish king, is the only such cross to feature a character known also from documentary sources.

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History of King Doniert’s Stone: These two fragments, one of which is known as King Doniert’s Stone, are the only surviving examples of 9th-century stone crosses in Cornwall. The inscription on King Doniert’s Stone, bearing the name of a Cornish king, is the only such cross to feature a character known also from documentary sources.
Cornwall, like Ireland and Scotland, lay on the fringe of the Roman world, and there are few signs of Roman influence in the region. The name the Romans used to denote this territory in the south-west was Dumnonia.
Following the collapse of Roman rule at the beginning of the fifth century AD, much of eastern Britain fell under the control of Saxon invaders; however Dumnonia, which included Devon and parts of Somerset as well as Cornwall, remained an independent kingdom for several centuries.
Historical and archaeological evidence for this period is scant, but it was during this time that Christianity was first brought to Cornwall by Welsh and Irish monks.
The early missionaries are thought to have set up wooden crosses to proclaim the victory of Christ in the places where they preached: in time these sites became sanctified, and stone crosses were erected in place of the older wooden ones.
Description: King Doniert’s Stone may be the base of one such cross and the taller broken shaft alongside it is probably another. King Doniert’s Stone stands about 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 metres) high, and is decorated on three of its faces with interlaced ornament of a style common throughout Britain.

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Parking: Car parking is available in the small layby immediately next to the site.
Food & Drinks: A tearoom and shop can be found in the village of Minions.

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Free Entry.

Pricing URL: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/king-donierts-stone/opening-times/

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Open any reasonable time during daylight hours.

Address: St Cleer, Liskeard, Cornwall PL14 6EG, UK

Post Code: PL14 6EG

Council: Cornwall

County: Cornwall

Road Access: 1 mile north-west of St Cleer, off B3254.
Bus Access: Catch Go Cornwall Bus 74 from either Liskeard Lloyd’s Bank or from Callington New Road. The nearest bus stop is Common Moor Turn, a 0.4mile / 0.6km walk to the stone. The service is more frequent to St Cleer Church, from where it is a 1.1mile / 1.8kms walk.
Train Access: The nearest station is Liskeard (5.7miles / 9.2kms). Catch bus 73/73A from Station Road to Liskeard Lloyd’s Bank, the same bus then continues forward as Bus 74. Alternatively it is a walk of 0.6mile / 1.0km to Liskeard Lloyds Bank to catch Bus 74.
Bicycle Access: Find this site on The National Cycle Network.
Parking: Car parking is available in the small layby immediately next to the site.