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A wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking Rods

England
List entry 1008595
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008595
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SK 00612 90938
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Robin Hood's Picking Rods is a wayside and boundary cross located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of two stone pillars or rods that historically marked both a crossing point and a parish or land boundary in the locality. Dating evidence suggests the cross belongs to the medieval period, though its exact date of construction remains uncertain. The site reflects the practical function of such monuments in medieval England, serving simultaneously as waymarkers for travellers and as fixed points delineating territorial divisions between adjacent parishes or manorial holdings.

A wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking Rods is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008595. View the official record →

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What is A wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking Rods?

Robin Hood's Picking Rods is a wayside and boundary cross located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008595.

Who is responsible for protecting A wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking Rods?

A wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking Rods is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1008595.

What other scheduled monuments are near A wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking Rods?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brown Low bowl barrow (1.8 km), Oldknow's limekilns, Strines Road (5 km), Marple aqueduct (5.1 km).

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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Brown Low bowl barrow
1.8 km
Oldknow's limekilns, Strines Road
5 km
Marple aqueduct
5.1 km
Cross base in the churchyard of St Mary's Church
7.2 km
Bugsworth canal basin, tramway, quarry and limekilns
9 km
Wayside and boundary cross known as The Dipping Stone
9.3 km
The Murder Stone: a standing stone 150m north west of Cornfield Farm
10.1 km
Bowl barrow east of path in Knightslow Wood
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under A wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking Rods

A wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking Rods stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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