@NellytheWillow @Vibracobra23 excuse the poor quality photo, but I saw the same stonework 'cone' yesterday in Monmouth!

@2ruth @Vibracobra23 Wow! Thanks. Interesting. I think this type of pinnacle is fairly widespread on churches but this is something different. Do you know what it is? It could be some sort of ancient 'cross' but without context it's difficult to say.

@NellytheWillow @Vibracobra23 I think it was a cross (though not the conventional one!) It was in the road junction outside the rather lovely St Thomas a Becket church in Monmouth

@2ruth @Vibracobra23 Oh that's very interesting. It sounds like something found in Cornwall that's known as a lantern cross (which isn't a cross either) that has carved scenes from Christ's life. This one seems to have niches with figures in them.

@2ruth @Vibracobra23 I've now found there's a Wikipedia entry for it, though I haven't read it all yet, but it is thought to have an ancient history:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cross%2C_Monmouth