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Stump Cross is a wayside cross located in Lincolnshire, England. The monument survives as a stone base and fragmentary shaft, representing a type of structure commonly erected during the medieval period at crossroads and prominent locations throughout England. Such crosses served multiple functions within medieval communities, including marking boundaries, providing waymarking for travellers, and serving as gathering points for commercial and social activity. The surviving remains at Stump Cross are testament to the vernacular stone-working tradition of the medieval landscape, though the exact dating of this particular example requires reference to specialist archaeological assessment records.
Stump Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010674. View the official record →
Stump Cross is a wayside cross located in Lincolnshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010674.
Stump Cross 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 1010674.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Butter cross, Swineshead (0.6 km), Swineshead Abbey (1.3 km), The Manwar Ings: remains of a motte and bailey castle (1.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Stump Cross'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.
Stump Cross 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.