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<< Text Pages >> Withgill Cross (Great Mitton) - Ancient Cross in England in Lancashire

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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Withgill Cross (Great Mitton)
Country: England County: Lancashire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Clitheroe  Nearest Village: Great Mitton / Withgill
Map Ref: SD70604062
Latitude: 53.860961N  Longitude: 2.448499W
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 Lancashire

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this site - see their entry for Withgill Cross, Great Mitton, Lancashire, which gives directions for finding this cross base, together with photographs, a brief description and local folklore.

TNA tells us: "Described by Mr Ackerley (1947) as being found 'in the coppice beside the gate to Withgill is the base of another road-side cross,' all but overgrown by ivy and lost to the causal eye. Thankfully our man Danny got on his bike and found the remains of the little fella, all-but invisible beneath the vegetative growth! Beneath the vegetation, John Dixon told there to be “some interesting 17th century graffiti,” but there’s not much that remains of the old cross."

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SD7040 : Road to Withgill by Alexander P Kapp
by Alexander P Kapp
©2012(licence)
SD7040 : Road south of Withgill by Alexander P Kapp
by Alexander P Kapp
©2012(licence)
SD7040 : Minor Road by philandju
by philandju
©2022(licence)
SD7040 : Fields by Scott House Farm by Bill Boaden
by Bill Boaden
©2015(licence)
SD7040 : Withgill Farm and Fold by Keith Wright
by Keith Wright
©2006(licence)

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