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Medieval wayside cross, 300m west of Bridge House is a stone monument of medieval date located in Northumberland. Wayside crosses of this period typically served as markers along routes of travel and pilgrimage, or as focal points for local communities. The structure reflects the religious character of medieval landscape organisation, with such crosses commonly erected between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries. The monument remains an important record of medieval devotional practice and the physical ordering of the Northumbrian countryside during the Middle Ages.
Medieval wayside cross, 300m west of Bridge House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008565. View the official record →
Medieval wayside cross, 300m west of Bridge House is a stone monument of medieval date located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008565.
Medieval wayside cross, 300m west of Bridge House 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 1008565.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and fishpond, 1km ENE of Sewingshields on Fozy Moss (9.1 km), Fishponds, 450m north-east of Sewingshields (9.2 km), Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary at Brown Dikes and the field boundary east of turret 34a in wall miles 32, 33 and 34 (9.2 km).
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Medieval wayside cross, 300m west of Bridge House stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.