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Wayside cross socket stone 125m NNW of Kilkenny Cottages is a medieval monument located in Gloucestershire, England. The socket stone represents the base or foundation of a wayside cross, a common feature of the medieval landscape that served both devotional and practical functions as waymarking structures along routes and at boundaries. Such crosses typically date from the medieval period, though the precise construction date of this particular example is not definitively established in the available records. The survival of the socket stone, which would originally have supported the shaft of the cross, provides archaeological evidence of religious and communal practices in medieval Gloucestershire.
Wayside cross socket stone 125m NNW of Kilkenny Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014414. View the official record →
Wayside cross socket stone 125m NNW of Kilkenny Cottages is a medieval monument located in Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014414.
Wayside cross socket stone 125m NNW of Kilkenny Cottages 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 1014414.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bibury Roman villa near Bibury Mill (2.5 km), Ablington camp (3.4 km), Wayside Cross at Hatherop (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross socket stone 125m NNW of Kilkenny Cottages'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 socket stone 125m NNW of Kilkenny Cottages stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.