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The standing cross is a medieval monument located in the churchyard of St Mary's Church near its south porch in Dorset. The cross stands approximately eleven metres to the south-east of the church's south entrance and represents a surviving example of the stone crosses that were commonly erected in parish churchyards during the medieval period. Such crosses typically served ceremonial, processional, and communal functions within parish life. The monument's survival to the present day makes it a valuable record of medieval parochial practice and stone working traditions in the region.
Medieval standing cross 11m south east of the south porch of St Mary's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015044. View the official record →
The standing cross is a medieval monument located in the churchyard of St Mary's Church near its south porch in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015044.
Medieval standing cross 11m south east of the south porch of St Mary's 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 1015044.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 350m NNW of Topparts Dairy (9.8 km), Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump (9.8 km), Bowl barrow 220m NNW of Topparts Dairy (9.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval standing cross 11m south east of the south porch of St Mary's Church's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Medieval standing cross 11m south east of the south porch of St Mary's Church stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.