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Ann's Cross is a wayside cross situated on a bowl barrow approximately 800 metres south-east of Foster Howes in Yorkshire. The cross represents a medieval or post-medieval addition to a prehistoric burial monument, exemplifying the reuse of ancient landscape features as territorial or devotional markers. The underlying bowl barrow itself belongs to the Bronze Age or earlier period, whilst the cross itself likely dates to the medieval period, though the precise chronology of its erection remains uncertain. Such wayside crosses commonly served as waymarkers, boundary indicators, or focal points for ritual activity along established routes through the upland landscape.
Ann's Cross wayside cross on bowl barrow 800m south east of Foster Howes is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009856. View the official record →
Ann's Cross is a wayside cross situated on a bowl barrow approximately 800 metres south-east of Foster Howes in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009856.
Ann's Cross wayside cross on bowl barrow 800m south east of Foster Howes 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 1009856.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Northern of two round barrows in Dalby Forest known as the Brown Howes (9.5 km), Fox Howe round barrow (9.5 km), Round barrow 400m north east of Low Pasture Farm (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ann's Cross wayside cross on bowl barrow 800m south east of Foster Howes's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Ann's Cross wayside cross on bowl barrow 800m south east of Foster Howes stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.