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The medieval cross base 150m south of Holy Rood Church is a scheduled ancient monument located in Dorset, comprising the stone foundation of a parish or market cross of medieval date. The base survives as a substantial stone structure that would originally have supported a stone or wooden shaft bearing a cross, typical of the crosses erected in English parishes and market towns from the twelfth century onwards. Such crosses served important communal functions as gathering points for trade, justice, and religious observance. The survival of this base represents significant evidence for the medieval settlement pattern and the ecclesiastical and secular organisation of its parish.
Medieval cross base 150m south of Holy Rood Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013675. View the official record →
The medieval cross base 150m south of Holy Rood Church is a scheduled ancient monument located in Dorset, comprising the stone foundation of a parish or market cross of medieval date.
Medieval cross base 150m south of Holy Rood 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 1013675.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 150m north east of Dunbury (7.5 km), Earthworks on Houghton South Down, including group of three round barrows (7.7 km), Cultivation remains on Thomas's Hill and E of Hilton (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval cross base 150m south of Holy Rood 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 base 150m south of Holy Rood Church stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.