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Aldborough Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in the village of Aldborough in North Yorkshire. The monument stands as a roadside marker of the type commonly erected during the medieval period to serve religious, devotional, and navigational functions within the landscape. The cross exemplifies the stone monumental traditions that characterised settlement and parish organisation in northern England during the later medieval centuries. As a surviving example of this category of vernacular religious architecture, it contributes to understanding the material culture and spatial organisation of medieval Yorkshire communities.
Aldborough Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005474. View the official record →
Aldborough Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in the village of Aldborough in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005474.
Aldborough Cross 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 1005474.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Aldborough Roman town (0.2 km), Stone alignment west of Boroughbridge known as the Devil's Arrows, including three standing stones and the setting for a fourth (1.4 km), Site of Roman fort and settlement 400m north of Brickyard Farm (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Aldborough Cross'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.
Aldborough Cross stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.