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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Castle Hedingham CrossCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.627 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Essex Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Braintree Nearest Village: Castle Hedingham
Map Ref: TL784356
Latitude: 51.990196N Longitude: 0.596828E
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 |
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This is a remarkable cross. It appears to be unique in that it is a Saxon cross that has had Norman decoration cut into it.
The shaft is carved on four sides with Saxon bosses on the chamfered edges. However, the Norman work was left unfinished. In East Anglia, most crosses were destroyed at the Reformation or by Cromwell's Puritans. This very rare survival was found hidden in the cellar of an old coaching inn - the Falcon. It may once have stood on the village green which is still known as Crouch Green (from "cruc" Anglo-Saxon for cross). It has now been restored and set up in the churchyard.
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