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The Socket of a wayside cross at the crossroads near Six Bells Farm is a fragmentary stone monument located in Gloucestershire. The socket represents the base of what was once a wayside cross, a common feature of medieval and post-medieval English landscapes, typically erected at important junctions or boundaries to serve religious, commemorative, or directional functions. The surviving socket stone itself constitutes the principal archaeological remains of this structure, indicating the original location and construction method of the cross. Such wayside crosses form an important category of vernacular religious monuments, and their surviving bases provide evidence of the settlement patterns and infrastructure of their respective periods.
Socket of a wayside cross at the crossroads near Six Bells Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014825. View the official record →
The Socket of a wayside cross at the crossroads near Six Bells Farm is a fragmentary stone monument located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014825.
Socket of a wayside cross at the crossroads near Six Bells 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 1014825.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval ringwork castle and associated Civil War earthwork defence (3.9 km), Little Dean camp (4.5 km), Welshbury hillfort and associated earthworks (4.7 km).
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