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Mauley Cross in Cropton Forest 580m north of Hill Top Farm

England
List entry 1011745
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011745
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SE 79676 94342
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Mauley Cross is a wayside cross of medieval date located in Cropton Forest, North Yorkshire. The monument survives as a stone shaft cross, a form common to the northern English landscape from the late medieval period onwards. Such crosses typically served as waymarkers or boundary markers along established routes through forested terrain, assisting travellers through otherwise featureless woodland. The cross is registered as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its significance as evidence of medieval landscape organisation and traffic patterns in this part of the North York Moors.

Mauley Cross in Cropton Forest 580m north of Hill Top Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011745. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Mauley Cross in Cropton Forest 580m north of Hill Top Farm?

Mauley Cross is a wayside cross of medieval date located in Cropton Forest, North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011745.

Who is responsible for protecting Mauley Cross in Cropton Forest 580m north of Hill Top Farm?

Mauley Cross in Cropton Forest 580m north of Hill Top 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 1011745.

What other scheduled monuments are near Mauley Cross in Cropton Forest 580m north of Hill Top Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 160m north of Manor Farm (9.3 km), Round barrow 50m north east of Manor Farm (9.4 km), The Old Hall, 50m north west of All Saints Church (9.7 km).

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Overview
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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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 160m north of Manor Farm
9.3 km
Round barrow 50m north east of Manor Farm
9.4 km
The Old Hall, 50m north west of All Saints Church
9.7 km
St Nicholas' medieval hospital 550m East of Brick Yard Farm
9.8 km
Pickering Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and 13th century shell keep castle
9.8 km
Beacon Hill ringwork siege castle and Royal Observer Corps post
9.9 km
Round cairn on Pexton Moor, 150m north east of Pexton Moor Farm
10.2 km
Round barrow 650m north west of St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn
10.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Mauley Cross in Cropton Forest 580m north of Hill Top Farm

Mauley Cross in Cropton Forest 580m north of Hill Top 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 Mauley Cross in Cropton Forest 580m north of Hill Top Farm

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~13.7 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~24.8 miles
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