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<< Text Pages >> Dewsbury Minster - Ancient Cross in England in Yorkshire (West)

Submitted by TimPrevett on Sunday, 20 May 2007  Page Views: 6542

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Dewsbury Minster
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.16 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Dewsbury
Map Ref: SE245215
Latitude: 53.689380N  Longitude: 1.63048W
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 in Yorkshire (West)

Several Anglo Saxon fragments in Historic Dewsbury Minster.
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SE2421 : Dewsbury Town Hall by Iain Macaulay
by Iain Macaulay
©2006(licence)
SE2421 : Blossom at Dewsbury Minster by stuart hartley
by stuart hartley
©2007(licence)
SE2421 : Caulms Wood and mills, Dewsbury from Eightlands by stuart hartley
by stuart hartley
©2007(licence)
SE2421 : Sign outside the bus station, Aldams Road (A638), Dewsbury by habiloid
by habiloid
©2022(licence)
SE2421 : Dewsbury Minster Interior by SMJ
by SMJ
©2008(licence)

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Re: Dewsbury Minster by paganjones7 on Saturday, 30 July 2016
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According to an archaeologist friend of mine ,they have a well concealed sheela-na-gig in the spire not on show to the general public and only reluctantly revealed to archaeologists when told they knew it was there.love to know the truth about this story.
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