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<< Text Pages >> Barton Cross - Ancient Cross in England in Lancashire

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Early MedievalSite Name: Barton Cross
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.001 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Lancashire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Preston  Nearest Village: Barton
Map Ref: SD5350037332
Latitude: 53.830157N  Longitude: 2.707981W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4
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Ancient Cross with Cup Marked Stone in Lancashire

This cross is recorded as Historic England List ID 1073555, which tells us this cross was re-erected here in 1901 on the base of a former cross which dates to the late medieval and which is sited at the junction of an old track which runs north-south. Part of the base, a large cubic block, is thought to have been part of a cheese press.

This cross is also featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their entry for the Barton Cross, Barton, Preston, Lancashire. TNA adds: "one of the paving stones that surround the cross has prehistoric cup marking on it", which is described and photographed on their entry for the Barton Cross Stone, Barton, Lancashire, the stone "likely having been removed from another locality and cut to shape to form part of the surrounding platform base". The stone has ten cup marks.

The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for this cross with its cup marked stone - see their page for the Barton Cross Cup-Marked Stone, Near Preston, Lancashire. The Journal has directions for finding this cross, photographs both of the cross, its base and the cup marked stone, plus a list of reference sources for more information.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SD5337 : Crossroads at Barton Cross on Barton Lane by Alexander P Kapp
by Alexander P Kapp
©2010(licence)
SD5337 : Barton Cross by Ian Greig
by Ian Greig
©2014(licence)
SD5337 : Barton Cross by Chris Heaton
by Chris Heaton
©2022(licence)
SD5337 : Barton Cross on Barton Lane by Alexander P Kapp
by Alexander P Kapp
©2010(licence)
SD5337 : Barton Cross, Barton Lane, Barton, Grade II Listed by Rude Health
by Rude Health
©2013(licence)

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