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Wayside cross 650m south west of Park Farm is a medieval wayside cross located in Norfolk, England. The monument is a product of the medieval period, when such crosses served as important markers along routes of travel and pilgrimage, functioning as focal points for local devotion and navigation across the countryside. The cross survives as a testament to the religious landscape of medieval Norfolk, preserving evidence of the spiritual and practical infrastructure that characterised rural settlement during this era. Though subject to the weathering effects of centuries, the monument remains an archaeological record of medieval material culture and the organisation of the Norfolk landscape.
Wayside cross 650m south west of Park Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018299. View the official record →
Wayside cross 650m south west of Park Farm is a medieval wayside cross located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018299.
Wayside cross 650m south west of Park 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 1018299.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gresham Castle (1.6 km), Moated site S of Bessingham Wood (2.4 km), Tumuli on Roughton Heath including Hare's Hill and Two Hills (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross 650m south west of Park 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 650m south west of Park Farm stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.