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The churchyard cross base in St Michael's churchyard is a medieval monument consisting of the stone foundation and lower shaft of a parish cross. Dating to the medieval period, the cross represents a type of community monument commonly found in English churchyards, which served both religious and civic functions within the parish. The surviving masonry demonstrates the solid construction typical of such crosses, which were often positioned prominently near the church entrance. The base and lower shaft are all that remain of what would originally have formed a complete cross structure, a common fate for such monuments through later alteration or demolition.
Churchyard cross base in St Michael's churchyard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016307. View the official record →
The churchyard cross base in St Michael's churchyard is a medieval monument consisting of the stone foundation and lower shaft of a parish cross. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016307.
Churchyard cross base in St Michael's churchyard 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 1016307.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Upton medieval village and C17 garden earthworks (0.2 km), Upton bowl barrow (1.3 km), Multivallate hillfort at Hunsbury Hill (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Churchyard cross base in St Michael's churchyard'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.
Churchyard cross base in St Michael's churchyard stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.