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Wayside cross south of Hartcliff Road is a medieval wayside cross located in Yorkshire, England. Such crosses were common features of the medieval landscape, erected at roadsides and in open country to serve religious, directional, and social functions for travellers. The monument is designated as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its historical importance to understanding medieval material culture and the organisation of the countryside. Its precise dating and physical form are documented in the heritage record under its official designation reference NHLE 1012156.
Wayside cross south of Hartcliff Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012156. View the official record →
Wayside cross south of Hartcliff Road is a medieval wayside cross located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012156.
Wayside cross south of Hartcliff Road 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 1012156.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glass furnace, Bolsterstone (5.1 km), Ewden Beck ring-cairn. (5.4 km), Ewden Beck round barrow cemetery and cross-dyke (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross south of Hartcliff Road'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 south of Hartcliff Road 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.