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Shepherd's Cross is a wayside cross located in Staffordshire, situated approximately 250 metres south east of Over Hall Farm. The monument dates to the medieval period and represents a category of roadside religious or commemorative markers that were common features of the English landscape from the thirteenth century onwards. The cross survives as a substantial stone structure, typical of such monuments in preserving evidence of medieval devotional or administrative practices associated with routes through the countryside. Such crosses frequently served purposes ranging from marking boundaries and meeting points to functioning as stations for prayer or rest along travelled ways.
Shepherd's Cross, 250m south east of Over Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014689. View the official record →
Shepherd's Cross is a wayside cross located in Staffordshire, situated approximately 250 metres south east of Over Hall Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014689.
Shepherd's Cross, 250m south east of Over Hall Farm 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 1014689.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A 16th century mansion and garden remains at Biddulph Old Hall (0.4 km), Ringwork castle in Bailey's Wood (1.2 km), The Bridestones Neolithic chambered long cairn. (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Shepherd's Cross, 250m south east of Over Hall Farm'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.
Shepherd's Cross, 250m south east of Over Hall Farm stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.