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Affetside Cross is a wayside cross of medieval origin located in the parish of Affetside in Lancashire. The monument stands approximately seventy-five metres north-west of the Pack Horse Inn and represents a typical example of the stone crosses that marked routes and served administrative or ceremonial functions in the medieval landscape. The cross dates to the medieval period, though its precise construction date remains uncertain. Such crosses commonly functioned as meeting points, boundary markers, or stations on pilgrimage and trade routes, and this example contributes to the understanding of medieval settlement patterns and communications infrastructure in the north-west of England.
Affetside Cross at Affetside 75m north west of the Pack Horse Inn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014120. View the official record →
Affetside Cross is a wayside cross of medieval origin located in the parish of Affetside in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014120.
Affetside Cross at Affetside 75m north west of the Pack Horse Inn 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 1014120.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman road at Bottom o' th' Knotts Brow (2 km), Promontory fort called Castlesteads on the east bank of the Irwell 550m SSE of Banks Farm (4.2 km), Stone circle, ring cairn and two round cairns on Cheetham Close (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Affetside Cross at Affetside 75m north west of the Pack Horse Inn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Affetside Cross at Affetside 75m north west of the Pack Horse Inn 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.