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Standing cross in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels' Church, High Ercall, is a medieval monument of uncertain date, likely erected between the 13th and 15th centuries. The cross survives as a stone shaft mounted on a stepped base within the churchyard of this rural Shropshire parish church. Such crosses served multiple functions within medieval communities, including as markers of sacred space, gathering points, and focal monuments within ecclesiastical precincts. The monument remains an important physical testament to medieval religious practice and the spatial organisation of the parish church and its surrounding lands.
Standing cross in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels' Church, High Ercall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020660. View the official record →
Standing cross in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels' Church, High Ercall, is a medieval monument of uncertain date, likely erected between the 13th and 15th centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020660.
Standing cross in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels' Church, High Ercall 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 1020660.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and fishpond 450m north west of Hunkington (4.3 km), Haughmond Abbey: an Augustinian monastery on the site of an earlier religious foundation, a post-Dissolution residence and garden remains (5.7 km), Moated site and a fishpond 160m and 280m south of The Farm, Charlton (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Standing cross in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels' Church, High Ercall'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 in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels' Church, High Ercall stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.