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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Simon's Cross (Padiham) Alternative Name: Simon's Stone (Padiham); Wart Well (Simonstone)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.63 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Lancashire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Burnley / Clitheroe Nearest Village: Simonstone / Sabden
Map Ref: SD77603609
Latitude: 53.820597N Longitude: 2.341738W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The Journal of Antiquities tells us about this large boulder with a deep socket hole which used to mark the parish boundary of Simonstone and Read in the late 13th or early 14th century - see their entry for Simon’s Cross, Simonstone, Near Padiham, Lancashire. The cross may have been a wayside cross for pilgrims on route to Whalley Abbey. The Journal includes photographs, a description, directions for finding this cross base, local folklore and a list of reference sources for more information.
The Journal adds the water which collected in the socket hole was reputed to be a cure for warts. The JoA adds: "On the side of the boulder the words ‘SIMON’S CROSS’ are carved along with a faint cross symbol and some Latin-type letters: maybe J A M and J W and a date that looks like 1860. The cross-shaft that would have fitted into this boulder having long since disappeared, but where did it go to?"
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