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<< Our Photo Pages >> Great Shefford Churchyard Cross - Ancient Cross in England in Berkshire

Submitted by dooclay on Friday, 12 May 2023  Page Views: 261

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Great Shefford Churchyard Cross Alternative Name: St Marys Cross
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.34 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Berkshire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Swindon  Nearest Village: Great Shefford
Map Ref: SU380753
Latitude: 51.475391N  Longitude: 1.45425W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
4 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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Great Shefford Churchyard Cross
Great Shefford Churchyard Cross submitted by dooclay : Under a tree on N side of Church (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Cross in Berkshire

From Berkshire HER: In the churchyard of St Mary's, Great Shefford, opposite a gateway in the wall around the Manor House, is a stone cross. The base and shaft are described as 15th century but the top of the cross is 19th century
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SU3875 : Great Shefford (Berks) St Mary's Church by ChurchCrawler
by ChurchCrawler
©2005(licence)
SU3875 : St Mary's, Great Shefford by Andrew Smith
by Andrew Smith
©2006(licence)
SU3875 : Great Shefford Church by Mick Crawley
by Mick Crawley
©2010(licence)
SU3875 : St Mary's Church, Great Shefford (Berks.) from the west by Stefan Czapski
by Stefan Czapski
©2017(licence)
SU3875 : St Mary's church, Great Shefford (Berkshire), October 2018 by Stefan Czapski
by Stefan Czapski
©2018(licence)

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