Village "Cross" at North Charlton
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Description
"On the other side of a wall in a horse field near North Charlton Farm. This was the market cross at the centre of a medieval village, the outline of some of the houses can still be located. The village had a population of over 200 and a Chapel, the site of which is also in this picture (The wood to the left of the picture is Castle Wood - apparently the site of the chapel. Although the alignment of the ruins is wrong for a religious building.) This field cannot be anything other than pasture, because the area next to the burn (Out of sight because of the steep embankment approximately 20 - 30 metres north of the cross) was the village burial ground. (The graves are quite shallow.) Combined with the status of this field as a scheduled ancient monument because of its rich archaeological content makes cropping of any kind impossible. For further information on this site contact Andy Stuart http://www.geograph.org.uk/usermsg.php?to=13868" Photo by Walter Baxter, 2007. -
Owner
Walter Baxter -
Source
Geograph (Geograph) -
License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/322673
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 7 years, 4 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2007-01-27 -
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