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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Catterall CrossCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.358 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Lancashire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Garstang Nearest Village: Catterall
Map Ref: SD4920242700
Latitude: 53.877996N Longitude: 2.774167W
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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cactus_chris visited on 11th Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 This is by the busy A6 road and parking is only available on the opposite side of the road.
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The base is Medieval, and is a large misshaped block. Into this has been set a modern shaft.
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