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Wayside cross at Stoughton Cross is a medieval stone cross located in Somerset, England. The monument stands as evidence of the importance of wayside crosses in medieval parochial and commercial networks, serving functions ranging from marking parish boundaries to providing waymarking for travellers. The cross survives as a substantial stone structure typical of its period, retaining physical characteristics that enable its identification and dating. Such crosses form an important class of medieval public monuments distributed across the English landscape, with this example contributing to the archaeological record of medieval Somerset's infrastructure and settlement patterns.
Wayside cross at Stoughton Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015451. View the official record →
Wayside cross at Stoughton Cross is a medieval stone cross located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015451.
Wayside cross at Stoughton 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 1015451.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of the Abbot's Way trackway, 500m WSW of Honeygar Farm (7.1 km), Wooden trackways on Chilton Moor, 300m west of Station Farm (7.8 km), Lake villages NW of Oxenpill (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross at Stoughton 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.
Wayside cross at Stoughton Cross stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.