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Headless Cross, Grimeford

England
List entry 1009496
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009496
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
SD 61892 13011
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

I do not have reliable scholarly information about a monument called Headless Cross at Grimeford in Lancashire with the National Heritage List for England entry 1009496. Rather than provide invented details about its period, physical character, or historical significance, I must acknowledge this limitation. If you require accurate information about this specific site, I would recommend consulting the official NHLE entry directly, local Lancashire heritage records, or contacting the relevant local historical society, which would hold verified details about its dating, construction, and significance.

Headless Cross, Grimeford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009496. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Headless Cross, Grimeford?

I do not have reliable scholarly information about a monument called Headless Cross at Grimeford in Lancashire with the National Heritage List for England entry 1009496. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009496.

Who is responsible for protecting Headless Cross, Grimeford?

Headless Cross, Grimeford 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 1009496.

What other scheduled monuments are near Headless Cross, Grimeford?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn on Noon Hill (3.4 km), Moated site at Arley Hall, Haigh near Wigan (3.8 km), The Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David's Church (4.3 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
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Geology
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round cairn on Noon Hill
3.4 km
Moated site at Arley Hall, Haigh near Wigan
3.8 km
The Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David's Church
4.3 km
Round cairn 280m west of Old Harpers Farm
4.4 km
Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall
6 km
Market cross in the marketplace to the west of St Wilfrid's Church, Standish
6.3 km
Haigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park House
6.5 km
Cross base on Green Lane 300m north of Strickland House Farm, Standish
6.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Headless Cross, Grimeford

Headless Cross, Grimeford 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.

The wider landscape

Around Headless Cross, Grimeford

Battle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~11.7 miles
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