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John Cross boundary cross is a wayside cross located on Shooting House Rigg immediately east of Wilson's Shooting House in Yorkshire. The monument dates to the medieval period and functioned as a boundary marker within the landscape. The cross represents the type of stone monument commonly erected to demarcate territorial divisions, parish boundaries, or land holdings during the Middle Ages. As a scheduled ancient monument, it retains archaeological and historical significance as evidence of medieval land organisation and the placement of public markers within the Yorkshire countryside.
John Cross boundary cross on Shooting House Rigg immediately east of Wilson's Shooting House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011744. View the official record →
John Cross boundary cross is a wayside cross located on Shooting House Rigg immediately east of Wilson's Shooting House in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011744.
John Cross boundary cross on Shooting House Rigg immediately east of Wilson's Shooting House 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 1011744.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Maw Rigg, 1.5km south west of High Langdale End (8.5 km), Round barrow on Maw Rigg, 1.6km south west of High Langdale End (8.5 km), Maw Rigg cairnfield in Langdale Forest (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of John Cross boundary cross on Shooting House Rigg immediately east of Wilson's Shooting House'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.
John Cross boundary cross on Shooting House Rigg immediately east of Wilson's Shooting House stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.