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Roppa South Cross is a medieval stone cross located on Carr Cote Ridge in Yorkshire. The monument is a wayside cross, a type common throughout northern England during the medieval period, which served both practical and spiritual functions for travellers and local communities. The cross stands at an isolated location on high moorland, characteristic of crosses positioned along routes and boundaries in this region. As a scheduled monument, it represents an important survival of medieval wayside infrastructure and continues to mark the landscape as it has for centuries.
Roppa South Cross on Carr Cote Ridge 1100m WSW of Piethorn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011746. View the official record →
Roppa South Cross is a medieval stone cross located on Carr Cote Ridge in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011746.
Roppa South Cross on Carr Cote Ridge 1100m WSW of Piethorn 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 1011746.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rievaulx Abbey Cistercian monastery: inner and outer precinct, water-management works, agricultural features, enclosures and ancillary buildings (7.9 km), Griff Cross, wayside cross 800m NNE of Griff Farm on the road from Helmsley to Rievaulx (8 km), Round barrow 600m west of Grange Farm (8.4 km).
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