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Edmundbyers Cross is a medieval wayside cross located on Muggleswick Common in County Durham. The monument dates to the medieval period and represents the type of cross that would have served as a waymarker or meeting point in the upland landscape. The structure stands as physical evidence of medieval communication and travel routes across the Pennine moorlands. Such crosses functioned as important landmarks for travellers navigating these exposed common lands during the medieval and early post-medieval periods.
Edmundbyers Cross, Muggleswick Common, 1460m west of Heather Lea is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017309. View the official record →
Edmundbyers Cross is a medieval wayside cross located on Muggleswick Common in County Durham. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017309.
Edmundbyers Cross, Muggleswick Common, 1460m west of Heather Lea 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 1017309.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Feldon Smelt Mill (3.7 km), Cairnfield on Crawley Edge, 500m north west of Hill Crest (4.9 km), Lead mining remains at Ramshaw (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Edmundbyers Cross, Muggleswick Common, 1460m west of Heather Lea'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.
Edmundbyers Cross, Muggleswick Common, 1460m west of Heather Lea stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.