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The socket stone and part of the shaft of a churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard is a fragmentary medieval monument comprising the base and lower shaft elements of a standing cross that would have originally stood as a focal point within the churchyard. The surviving socket stone, into which the wooden or stone shaft was fitted, and the preserved portion of the shaft itself date to the medieval period, when such crosses were commonly erected in churchyards throughout England to serve liturgical, commemorative, and community functions. The remains demonstrate the typical construction method of medieval churchyard crosses, wherein a substantial stone socket provided stability for the vertical element. Though incomplete, the monument retains archaeological and historical significance as evidence of medieval religious practice and churchyard organisation in Gloucestershire.
The socket stone and part of the shaft of a churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014407. View the official record →
The socket stone and part of the shaft of a churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard is a fragmentary medieval monument comprising the base and lower shaft elements of a standing cross that would have originally stood as a focal point within the churchyard. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014407.
The socket stone and part of the shaft of a churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard 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 1014407.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Oldbury Camp: an Iron Age fort at Oldbury-on-Severn (7 km), Offa's Dyke: section 240m north east of Buttington Farm (7.4 km), Offa's Dyke: section known as Buttington Tump, 100m west of Buttington Lodge (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The socket stone and part of the shaft of a churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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The socket stone and part of the shaft of a churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.