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Botton Cross is a wayside cross located on Danby High Moor in the North York Moors. The monument consists of a stone cross shaft, characteristic of medieval wayside markers that served both religious and practical functions for travellers crossing the open moorland. Such crosses typically date from the medieval period, though precise dating for individual examples is often difficult without documentary evidence. The cross would have functioned as a waymark and potentially as a focus for Christian devotion in this remote upland landscape.
Wayside Cross called Botton Cross on Danby High Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010081. View the official record →
Botton Cross is a wayside cross located on Danby High Moor in the North York Moors. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010081.
Wayside Cross called Botton Cross on Danby High Moor 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 1010081.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Southern of four round barrows known as Three Howes (7.5 km), Hollins Mine and Bank Top iron calcining kilns (8 km), Two round cairns, one known as Obtrusch, 800m south west of Kneysbeck (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside Cross called Botton Cross on Danby High Moor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Wayside Cross called Botton Cross on Danby High Moor stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.