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Gagingwell Cross is a wayside cross situated approximately eighty metres west of Abbey Farm in Oxfordshire. The monument dates from the medieval period and represents the category of stone crosses that once marked routes, boundaries, or places of religious significance throughout the English countryside. The cross survives as a standing stone structure, testament to the medieval practice of erecting such markers along travelled ways. Its presence in this location reflects the medieval organisation of the landscape and the importance of directional and spiritual markers in pre-modern settlement patterns.
Gagingwell cross, 80m west of Abbey Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015582. View the official record →
Gagingwell Cross is a wayside cross situated approximately eighty metres west of Abbey Farm in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015582.
Gagingwell cross, 80m west of Abbey Farm 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 1015582.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch and a section of Akeman Street Roman road immediately south east of North Lodge in Blenheim Great Park (7.1 km), Bowl barrow 350m south west of Furze Platt Farm in Blenheim Great Park (7.4 km), Stonesfield Roman villa (8.2 km).
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