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Gagingwell Cross is a wayside cross located near Abbey Farm in Oxfordshire, England. The monument survives as a stone cross shaft of medieval date, representing the type of devotional or boundary markers that were common features of the medieval landscape. Such crosses typically served functions related to pilgrimage routes, parish boundaries, or local worship, though the specific historical context of Gagingwell Cross requires reference to detailed archaeological and documentary sources for complete interpretation. The cross remains a valuable survival of medieval stone work within the Oxfordshire landscape and is protected as a scheduled ancient monument.
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 located near Abbey Farm in Oxfordshire, England. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Gagingwell cross, 80m west of Abbey Farm'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.
Gagingwell cross, 80m west of Abbey Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.