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Wayside cross in Shillito Wood

England
List entry 1008612
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008612
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
SK 29498 74878
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wayside cross in Shillito Wood is a medieval stone cross situated in Derbyshire. The monument survives as a standing cross of the type commonly erected along routes of travel and pilgrimage during the medieval period, serving both practical and spiritual functions for wayfarers. Such crosses typically marked boundaries, provided waypoint markers, or indicated places of religious significance. The cross is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its recognised importance as evidence of medieval landscape use and devotional practice in the region.

Wayside cross in Shillito Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008612. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Wayside cross in Shillito Wood?

Wayside cross in Shillito Wood is a medieval stone cross situated in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008612.

Who is responsible for protecting Wayside cross in Shillito Wood?

Wayside cross in Shillito Wood 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 1008612.

What other scheduled monuments are near Wayside cross in Shillito Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnfield with enclosure, house platform and ring cairn 800m north east of Raven Tor (7.2 km), Medieval cross base 780m south west of Arkwright Plantation (7.2 km), Cairnfield and house platform 400m south west of Harewood Grange Farm (7.5 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cairnfield with enclosure, house platform and ring cairn 800m north east of Raven Tor
7.2 km
Medieval cross base 780m south west of Arkwright Plantation
7.2 km
Cairnfield and house platform 400m south west of Harewood Grange Farm
7.5 km
Cairnfield 700m north east of Raven Tor
7.5 km
Cairn 450m north east of Raven Tor
7.7 km
Triple cairn, cairnfield and bole sites extending south westwards from Raven Tor
8.2 km
Cairn 600m south of Raven Tor
8.5 km
Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 850m south of Calton Houses
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Wayside cross in Shillito Wood

Wayside cross in Shillito Wood stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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