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Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church is a wayside cross of medieval date located in Dorset. The monument survives as a stone cross head mounted on a modern replacement shaft, representing a form of religious monument common to medieval English parishes. Such crosses served both as focal points for processions and gatherings and as waymarkers along parish boundaries and routes of pilgrimage. The survival of the cross head itself preserves evidence of medieval stonework and religious practice in the locality.
Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015040. View the official record →
Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church is a wayside cross of medieval date located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015040.
Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew'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 1015040.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Field system and enclosures on Middle Hill (8.7 km), The Castle hillfort (8.9 km), Tithe barn at Court Farm (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's 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 standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.