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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St John The Baptist (Rolleston)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.655 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Market Harborough Nearest Village: Rolleston / Skeffington
Map Ref: SK7326200402
Latitude: 52.596483N Longitude: 0.919841W
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| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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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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Anne T visited on 24th Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Churchyard Cross, St John The Baptist, Rolleston: Apart from one sign post on the road by the church in Skeffington, this exclusive hamlet may well not exist. The road is gated (at least 3 gates), the roads are very narrow, and at the junction of the road and the bridlepath down to the church, there are a number of ‘no parking’ signs. This meant our daughter-in-law-to-be had to drop us off and drive some distance away, then collect us afterwards.
There is a small iron gate into the churchyard. This appears to be the only entrance, as the road at the eastern end of the church is labelled ‘private’. Eventually managing to open the gate into the church, we found the cross at the south eastern corner of the church, almost hidden in the shadows of the trees. It looked as if the owner of the modern house had incorporated this part of the churchyard into their private garden, so we very much felt like we were trespassing and expected someone to come out of the house and shout at us to ‘move on’.
Due to the heavy shadows and bright sunlight, it was a little difficult to photograph this cross. There appears to be a difference of opinion between Historic England and Pastscape as to the date of this cross – HE says 14th century; Pastscape 17th. The socket stone was marginally intriguing as it had a small hole in each side, presumably to drain any water away.
Making our way back along the gated road to civilisation, we stopped by the stream to let the dog paddle.
This socket stone and cross shaft are recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 321256 and Historic England List ID 1061690. There appears to be a difference of opinion as to how old this cross is - Historic England says 14th century; Pastscape says 17th century.
This cross is located at the south east corner of the small church of St. John the Baptist in the hamlet of Rolleston, which is located down a gated road, and is essentially a private estate. There is little parking around the narrow lanes, which have bollards on either side to prevent cars parking; we were eventually dropped off at the entrance to the gated bridleway which led down to the church, and walked the 100 metres or so.
There is a small, black wrought iron gate, largely hidden by a hedge, which leads in to the churchyard (the only other entrance is marked strictly private). The cross is behind the church, at its south eastern end. This part of the churchyard appears to have been incorporated into the private garden of the house next to the church.
The 4.1m high, tapering cross was difficult to photograph as it was virtually hidden under the trees. The 0.9m square, 0.4m high base is curious, as it has a small hole in each side, presumably to drain off any water which trickles down the shaft into the socket stone. The floriated head looks like it may be a more recent addition, as it rises from a very weather carved capital.
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