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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: High Cross (Shrewsbury) Alternative Name: Butter Cross (Shrewsbury); The Cross (Shrewsbury)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.464 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shropshire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Shrewsbury
Map Ref: SJ492126
Latitude: 52.708668N Longitude: 2.753332W
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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Ancient Cross in Shropshire
The High Cross, Shrewsbury, Shropshire features on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) website, which gives us a brief archaeology & history for this "long-lost medieval ornamented cross, found not far from the legendary Grope Cunt Lane (I kid you not) (which) was located close to the middle of old Shrewsbury town, 'at the junction of Pride Hill, Castle St and St. Mary’s St,' according to the 1902 OS-map of the region."
Pastscape Monument No. 68257 also has a record for this site, saying: "High Cross was a mediaeval cross which stood in the centre of the street at the top of Pride Hill, and was commonly used as a place of assembly and for executions, including the execution of David III of Wales in 1283. It was demolished in 1683 ... A modern cross occupies the site of High Cross. A nearby plaque states that High Cross was taken down in 1687."
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