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Boundary Cross, Mareham Lane is a medieval boundary marker located in Lincolnshire. The cross stands as evidence of the administrative and territorial divisions that characterised the medieval landscape, serving to demarcate parish or manorial boundaries. Such crosses were common features of the English countryside during the medieval period, functioning as fixed points of reference for landholding and local governance. The monument retains archaeological and historical significance as a surviving example of medieval boundary management practices.
Boundary cross, Mareham Lane is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009233. View the official record →
Boundary Cross, Mareham Lane is a medieval boundary marker located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009233.
Boundary cross, Mareham Lane 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 1009233.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross, St Peter's churchyard (5.9 km), Moated site, Newton (7 km), Site of Anglo-Saxon nunnery and medieval chapel, Stow Green (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Boundary cross, Mareham Lane'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.
Boundary cross, Mareham Lane stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.