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Catshaw Cross is a wayside and boundary cross located in Yorkshire, England, dating to the medieval period. The monument survives as a stone cross shaft, representing a type of marker common to northern England during the Middle Ages, serving functions both as a territorial boundary indicator and as a waymarker for travellers. Such crosses typically stood at significant landscape junctures, marking parish boundaries, hundred divisions, or routes of established importance. The cross remains a material record of medieval administrative geography and the practical infrastructure of movement through the Yorkshire landscape.
Boundary and wayside cross known as Catshaw Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011759. View the official record →
Catshaw Cross is a wayside and boundary cross located in Yorkshire, England, dating to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011759.
Boundary and wayside cross known as Catshaw 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 1011759.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross south of Hartcliff Road (3.1 km), Wayside cross on Langsett Moor known as Lady Cross (6.9 km), Ewden Beck ring-cairn. (7.5 km).
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