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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Cuthbert's Church (Milburn)Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Penrith Nearest Village: Milburn
Map Ref: NY6535929163
Latitude: 54.656361N Longitude: 2.538457W
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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Anne T visited on 9th Feb 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Ancient cross and pre-Conquest sundial, Milburn, Cumbria: We scouted all around the churchyard for this cross, only to realise it was at the head of the access road from the village, so back-tracked to find it. It sits right by the northern gate post and we had mistaken it for part of the gate/fence structure, then we checked the grid reference and saw the hole in the top of the shaft, presumably either for another section or a smaller cross.
Going back down to the church, I found the pre-Conquest sundial, which is low down on the exterior stone door jamb of the western side of the south door. Thankfully I was able to pull up the Corpus of Anglo Saxon stone sculpture photograph to help me in the growing dusk.
The churchyard is really nicely kept and the Crowdundle Beck/Milburn Beck runs by the western side of the churchyard. A remote, by lovely spot.
Just west of the defended village of Milburn lies the church of St. Cuthbert, which is reached by a gated lane. At NY 65359 29163, at the entrance to this approach to the church, right by the northern gatepost, sits this remnant of red sandstone cross shaft. Described as Pastscape Monument No. 13543, it sits approximately 80 cms above the surrounding earth and vegetation, although no sign of the cross base within which it sits, could be seen at the time of our visit.
Looking at the top of the cross shaft, it has a small hole as if another segment or cross was inserted into it.
Driving/walking down the lane towards the church itself, at NY 65200 29062, is a pre-Conquest sun dial, low down in the western stone jamb of the door. It takes a little bit of finding, but worth looking for.
The churchyard is well tended, with the pretty Crowdundle/Milburn Beck running along its western boundary. A really pretty spot.
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