LEGS CROSS - List Entry

  • Description

    "Base and fragment of cross shaft. Probably C9. Sandstone. Rough, rectangular base about one metre high. Badly worn, tapering cross shaft, about 1.5 metres high, is said to have featured interlacing ornament at upper end of west face. Legs cross probably marked the subdivision of major Anglo-Saxon estate centred on Gainford village."
  • Owner

    Historic England
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1323020
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 8 years, 3 months ago
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