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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Matthew (Rastrick)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.766 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Brighouse Nearest Village: Rastrick
Map Ref: SE1383121596
Latitude: 53.690632N Longitude: 1.792032W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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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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Northernchief visited on 19th Feb 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Access: 5 The cross base is an impressive “lump”, carved on three sides, but looking very vulnerable to toppling or movement as it is severely undermined , and seems to rest on old bricks wedged beneath (see photos). The nearby stone set in the wall is even more enigmatic. What evidence is there of the supposed Roman road mentioned in the article?
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This cross base is scheduled as Historic England List ID 1314049 and recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 49337. Pastscape dates this base to the 10th or 11th century, adding: "(it is a) solid large stone block with 4 tapering sides and indented head for cross shaft (now gone). Each of the 4 faces have moulded edges and carving in relief with foliated vine scroll to 2 sides, one side blind. That fronting street is divided into 2 panels of interlace of geometric character. A rare survival, possibly in its original position when it would have been used as a preaching cross. Of similar character to Walton cross, Hartshead, Spenborough, Kirklees District".
The Journal of Antiquities also features a page for this cross base - see their entry for St Matthew’s Churchyard Cross, Rastrick, West Yorkshire, which includes directions for finding this cross base, a drawing of the cross base from 1893, and a description. The Journal adds: "It seems that the cross-base stands in it’s original position on or near to a Roman road that traversed the village – the cross would have no doubt marked what was originally an ecclesiastical boundary, or perhaps it was a graveyard marker for a Saxon cemetery."
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