<< Our Photo Pages >> Linby Cross and Well - Ancient Cross in England in Nottinghamshire
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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Linby Cross and WellCountry: England County: Nottinghamshire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Newstead Nearest Village: Linby
Map Ref: SK5351
Latitude: 53.053637N Longitude: 1.210743W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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This old cross is unusually situated as it covers an ancient spring head seen by some as a holy well. Indeed the village unusually has two crosses, an upper and a lower one. These are thought to be boundary crosses to indicate the extent of the Sherwood Forest.
The one in question is further west and is the oldest, the spring arises here and flows under the other. This upper cross was destroyed in the 1560s but restored in the 1860s It has seven steps. The lower cross, has square steps, it dates from 1660,and was set up to replace the old upper cross before its restoration.
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