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Malo Cross, 450m south east of Nab Farm

England
List entry 1021168
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021168
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SE 86679 94935
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Malo Cross is a medieval wayside cross located approximately 450 metres south-east of Nab Farm in Yorkshire. The monument dates to the medieval period and represents a type of stone cross that commonly marked routes, boundaries, or served as gathering points in the English landscape. The cross survives as a substantial stone structure, though like many examples of its kind it has experienced weathering and possible damage over the centuries. Such crosses form an important archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns and the organization of the landscape in northern England.

Malo Cross, 450m south east of Nab Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021168. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Malo Cross, 450m south east of Nab Farm?

Malo Cross is a medieval wayside cross located approximately 450 metres south-east of Nab Farm in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021168.

Who is responsible for protecting Malo Cross, 450m south east of Nab Farm?

Malo Cross, 450m south east of Nab 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 1021168.

What other scheduled monuments are near Malo Cross, 450m south east of Nab Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Givendale Rigg, 1.5km south west of Givendale Head Farm (8.9 km), Long barrow 630m north west of Scamridge Farm (9.2 km), Round cairn on Pexton Moor, 150m north east of Pexton Moor Farm (9.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow on Givendale Rigg, 1.5km south west of Givendale Head Farm
8.9 km
Long barrow 630m north west of Scamridge Farm
9.2 km
Round cairn on Pexton Moor, 150m north east of Pexton Moor Farm
9.5 km
Round barrow 600m west of Scamridge Farm
9.5 km
Two long barrows 630m and 690m north east of Scamridge Farm
9.6 km
Scamridge Dikes: prehistoric linear boundaries and associated features
9.7 km
Rabbit type 570m south east of Pexton Moor Farm
9.7 km
Warrening enclosure 975m north east of High Paper Mill Farm
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Malo Cross, 450m south east of Nab Farm

Malo Cross, 450m south east of Nab Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Malo Cross, 450m south east of Nab Farm

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