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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Barton CrossCountry: England County: Lancashire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Preston Nearest Village: Barton
Map Ref: SD5350037332
Latitude: 53.830157N Longitude: 2.707981W
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 with Cup Marked Stone in Lancashire
This cross is recorded as Historic England List ID 1073555, which tells us this cross was re-erected here in 1901 on the base of a former cross which dates to the late medieval and which is sited at the junction of an old track which runs north-south. Part of the base, a large cubic block, is thought to have been part of a cheese press.
This cross is also featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their entry for the Barton Cross, Barton, Preston, Lancashire. TNA adds: "one of the paving stones that surround the cross has prehistoric cup marking on it", which is described and photographed on their entry for the Barton Cross Stone, Barton, Lancashire, the stone "likely having been removed from another locality and cut to shape to form part of the surrounding platform base". The stone has ten cup marks.
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for this cross with its cup marked stone - see their page for the Barton Cross Cup-Marked Stone, Near Preston, Lancashire. The Journal has directions for finding this cross, photographs both of the cross, its base and the cup marked stone, plus a list of reference sources for more information.
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