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New Cross is a wayside cross situated on Bradfield Moor in Yorkshire, England. The monument dates to the medieval period and represents the type of stone cross that once marked routes across the upland landscape, serving both practical and devotional purposes for travellers. The cross survives as a standing stone structure, characteristic of the crosses erected along moorland paths during the later medieval centuries. Such monuments functioned as waymarkers and sites of religious significance in the remote pastoral landscape of the Peak District borderlands.
Wayside cross on Bradfield Moor known as New Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012158. View the official record →
New Cross is a wayside cross situated on Bradfield Moor in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012158.
Wayside cross on Bradfield Moor known as New 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 1012158.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnfield 775m NNE of High Lees Farm (8.4 km), Cairn on Bamford Moor, 680m north of High Lees Farm (8.4 km), Cairn on Bamford Edge, 570m north east of Clough House (8.5 km).
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