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Standing cross 180m north of Hall Farm is a medieval wayside cross located in Yorkshire, England. The monument belongs to the tradition of stone crosses that marked important routes, boundaries, or centres of settlement during the medieval period. As a standing cross, it would have served practical functions including waymarking for travellers and pilgrims, whilst also holding religious significance within the local Christian community. The survival of such crosses provides evidence of medieval communication networks and the organisation of the landscape during this period.
Standing cross 180m north of Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021266. View the official record →
Standing cross 180m north of Hall Farm is a medieval wayside cross located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021266.
Standing cross 180m north of 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 1021266.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roxby Hill manorial complex and associated ridge and furrow earthworks (0.8 km), Round barrow 520m north west of St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn (1.6 km), Wilton Hall moated site 250m south of Manor Farm (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Standing cross 180m north of 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.
Standing cross 180m north of Hall Farm stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.