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Medieval cross 40m east of Holy Cross Church is a standing cross of medieval date located near the parish church at Hollington in Wiltshire. The monument survives as a stone cross shaft, positioned in close association with the adjacent Holy Cross Church, which itself represents a focal point of medieval settlement and religious life in the parish. Such crosses typically served communal functions within medieval villages, acting as gathering points for markets, processions, or parish assemblies. The cross's survival to the present day, despite the considerable losses suffered by such monuments over subsequent centuries, renders it of archaeological and historical significance as evidence of medieval parochial organisation and settlement patterns in the Wiltshire landscape.
Medieval cross 40m east of Holy Cross Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019844. View the official record →
Medieval cross 40m east of Holy Cross Church is a standing cross of medieval date located near the parish church at Hollington in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019844.
Medieval cross 40m east of Holy Cross Church 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 1019844.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Water meadow 400m east of Clattinger Farm (3 km), Medieval settlement and associated field system at Clattinger Farm (3.4 km), Bury Hill hillfort (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval cross 40m east of Holy Cross Church'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.
Medieval cross 40m east of Holy Cross Church stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.