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The medieval cross immediately south of Gumstool Bridge is a stone monument of the medieval period situated in Wiltshire. The cross represents the type of wayside or market cross commonly erected in medieval England, serving functions both practical and symbolic within the landscape. As a scheduled monument and entry on the National Heritage List for England, it attests to the sustained importance of the location as a crossing point and meeting place through the medieval centuries. The precise dating and original form of the cross remain subjects of archaeological study, though its presence confirms the medieval significance of the Gumstool Bridge locality.
Medieval cross immediately south of Gumstool Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019843. View the official record →
The medieval cross immediately south of Gumstool Bridge is a stone monument of the medieval period situated in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019843.
Medieval cross immediately south of Gumstool Bridge 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 1019843.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Water meadow 400m east of Clattinger Farm (3.2 km), Medieval settlement and associated field system at Clattinger Farm (3.7 km), Bury Hill hillfort (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval cross immediately south of Gumstool Bridge'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 immediately south of Gumstool Bridge stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.