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Mount Cross is a wayside cross located in Yorkshire, England, and dates to the medieval period. The monument consists of a stone cross that would have served as a marker along a travelled route, typical of the crosses erected throughout northern England during the Middle Ages. Such wayside crosses functioned as waymarkers for travellers and pilgrims, and often held local significance as meeting points or boundaries within parish communities. The cross represents an important survival of medieval roadside infrastructure and contributes to the understanding of medieval communication and movement through the Yorkshire landscape.
Wayside cross known as Mount Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009288. View the official record →
Mount Cross is a wayside cross located in Yorkshire, England, and dates to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009288.
Wayside cross known as Mount 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 1009288.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 200m north west of Hanging Field Farm (3.4 km), Thieveley lead mine 330m south west and 910m WSW of Buckleys (4.1 km), Wayside cross known as Reaps Cross (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross known as Mount 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 known as Mount Cross stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.