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The Medieval wayside cross located 200 metres north-north-west of Brownrigg is a scheduled ancient monument in Northumberland. The cross dates to the medieval period and represents the type of religious monument commonly erected along routes and at significant points in the medieval landscape, serving functions that ranged from pilgrimage markers to waypoints for travellers. Such crosses were integral features of the devotional topography of medieval England and often stood at crossroads, boundaries, or on routeways connecting settlements and places of religious importance.
Medieval wayside cross, 200m NNW of Brownrigg is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017596. View the official record →
The Medieval wayside cross located 200 metres north-north-west of Brownrigg is a scheduled ancient monument in Northumberland.
Medieval wayside cross, 200m NNW of Brownrigg 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 1017596.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British farmstead 850m south of Troughend (3.3 km), Romano-British farmstead on Wood Hill 800m north west of Old Town Cottages (3.4 km), Prehistoric settlement, funerary and agricultural remains, 650m south of South Monkridge Bridge (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval wayside cross, 200m NNW of Brownrigg'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 wayside cross, 200m NNW of Brownrigg stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.