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<< Text Pages >> Cow Cross (Finsbury) - Ancient Cross in England in Greater London

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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Cow Cross (Finsbury)
Country: England County: Greater London Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: London  Nearest Village: Finsbury
Map Ref: TQ31788181
Latitude: 51.519844N  Longitude: 0.102047W
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
Destroyed 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
5

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Ancient Cross in Greater London

The Cow Cross used to be near the long lost Fag Well, and is marked on the 1896 OS maps on the junction of Charterhouse Street and Cow Cross Street. The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this site - see their entry for Cow Cross, Finsbury, London, Middlesex. The TNA entry includes an image of the 1896 map and a brief archaeology and history of the site, which apparently took its name from the cattle market that took place here from the 12th century onwards.

There is also a brief entry on Pastscape Monument No. 404917 which records this as a "Medieval or later cross shown on Ordnance Survey maps of 1914."

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TQ3181 : St John Street, London EC1 by Christine Matthews
by Christine Matthews
©2015(licence)
TQ3181 : The Hope, Cowcross Street, EC1 by Mike Quinn
by Mike Quinn
©2010(licence)
TQ3181 : Sign for The Hope, Cowcross Street, EC1 by Mike Quinn
by Mike Quinn
©2010(licence)
TQ3181 : Old Boundary Marker by Cowcross Street, Finsbury Parish by Milestone Society
by Milestone Society
©2019(licence)
TQ3181 : Charterhouse Street/St John Street/Cowcross Street junction by Paul Williams
by Paul Williams
©2020(licence)

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