Scheduled MonumentsEnglandMidsands Cross on Crosstead road

Midsands Cross on Crosstead road

England
List entry 1018317
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018317
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
TG 52517 10039
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

I do not have reliable scholarly information about Midsands Cross on Crosstead Road that would allow me to write with the precision and factual accuracy your request requires. Rather than risk providing inaccurate details about this specific Norfolk monument, I must acknowledge this limitation. I would recommend consulting the National Heritage List for England entry 1018317 directly, or contacting Norfolk County Council's archaeology service, which holds authoritative documentation on local monuments.

Midsands Cross on Crosstead road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018317. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Midsands Cross on Crosstead road?

I do not have reliable scholarly information about Midsands Cross on Crosstead Road that would allow me to write with the precision and factual accuracy your request requires. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018317.

Who is responsible for protecting Midsands Cross on Crosstead road?

Midsands Cross on Crosstead road 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 1018317.

What other scheduled monuments are near Midsands Cross on Crosstead road?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Caister-on-Sea Roman fort and Saxon settlement (2.4 km), Town walls (2.6 km), Medieval vaults under 50-56 Howard Street (2.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Midsands Cross on Crosstead road

Midsands Cross on Crosstead road stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Midsands Cross on Crosstead road

Caistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~18.7 miles