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Swarth Howe Cross is a wayside cross located approximately 500 metres north east of Moorcock in Yorkshire. The monument dates to the medieval period and represents a significant example of the stone crosses that once marked routes and boundaries across the upland regions of northern England. The cross survives as a standing stone structure typical of wayside crosses, which served practical purposes in guiding travellers and marking territorial divisions during the medieval era. Such crosses remain important archaeological indicators of medieval land use and settlement patterns in Yorkshire's moorland landscape.
Wayside cross known as Swarth Howe Cross, 500m north east of Moorcock is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009849. View the official record →
Swarth Howe Cross is a wayside cross located approximately 500 metres north east of Moorcock in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009849.
Wayside cross known as Swarth Howe Cross, 500m north east of Moorcock 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 1009849.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Robbed Howe bowl barrow, 500m north of Robbed Howe Slacks on Sneaton High Moor (7.2 km), York Cross wayside cross, 700m north east of Foster Howes on Sneaton High Moor (8 km), Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) on Sneaton High Moor (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross known as Swarth Howe Cross, 500m north east of Moorcock'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 Swarth Howe Cross, 500m north east of Moorcock stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.