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Wayside cross 130m north of Crawford Farm is a medieval wayside cross located in Dorset, England. The monument survives as a standing stone with carved cross features, representing a category of marker common throughout medieval England, typically erected at roadside locations to serve devotional, navigational, or territorial functions. Such crosses generally date from the medieval period, though precise dating for individual examples often remains uncertain without documentary evidence or archaeological investigation. The survival of this example contributes to the archaeological record of rural religious monuments in the county.
Wayside cross 130m north of Crawford Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020612. View the official record →
Wayside cross 130m north of Crawford Farm is a medieval wayside cross located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020612.
Wayside cross 130m north of Crawford 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 1020612.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 800m NNW of West Morden Farm (6.8 km), Beacon mound on Beacon Hill (7.5 km), Round barrow cemetery on Bloxworth Down (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross 130m north of Crawford 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.
Wayside cross 130m north of Crawford Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.