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Submitted by Anne T on Tuesday, 19 March 2019 Page Views: 1160
Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Michael and All Angels (Harston)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.672 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Melton Mowbray Nearest Village: Harston
Map Ref: SK8384031774
Latitude: 52.876911N Longitude: 0.755709W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Orcinus visited on 23rd Jan 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Anne T visited on 17th Mar 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Anglo Saxon cross fragments, St Michael and All Angels, Harston: Before visiting, I wasn’t able to find out much about the church or the AS stone fragments. I was hoping for a church guide book, but there was nothing. There were newspaper articles and photos of the bell tower and the bells displayed in the bell tower, but nothing was made of the fragments – one in the external east wall, and another in the south porch. Pastscape mentions that the stone in the east wall is possibly part of a cross shaft
The church looks very appealing from the outside, being made of warm, yellow stone. Inside it is very Victorian. The only thing of any age appeared to be the stem of the font.
Nice to have been able to drop by and photograph the fragments.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4.5
The church of St Michael and All Angels in Harston is recorded as Historic England List ID 1295028, which mentions "in (the) porch stands an interlace Saxon stone with cable border".
The church is also recorded as Pastscape Monument 323881, which tells us that "incorporated into the (exterior) east wall is an Anglo Saxon stone".
The stone in the east wall of the church can be seen as you walk through the lych gate and approach the church; it is immediately centred under the east window. The stone in the south porch is next to the interior western wall, but is cemented so close to it, it is possible to see the carving on the back of it, but not to photograph.
Inside the church is the smallest door into the 14th century bell tower we have ever seen. Also, the stem of the font, which looks to be 'modern' (1888) dates to the 15th century.
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