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Submitted by Sunny100 on Tuesday, 25 May 2010  Page Views: 6024

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: The Great Mitton Cross Alternative Name: Great Mitton Calvary Cross, Great Mitton Memorial Cross
Country: England County: Lancashire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Whalley  Nearest Village: Great Mitton
Map Ref: SD7156438954
Latitude: 53.846041N  Longitude: 2.433688W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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The Great Mitton Cross
The Great Mitton Cross submitted by Sunny100 : The Great Mitton Cross at SD.715389. Front/W.Side. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Medieval Carved Cross in Lancashire at SD.715389. A carved 14th century cross in the churchyard of Holy Cross church, Great Mitton, 2 miles N of Whalley.

Mounted on an octagonal, tapering shaft, dating from the 1800s and a square base with an inscription of a similar date, this round-headed Gothic cross-head is carved on the W side with three figures: Christ crucified in the middle with St Mary Magdalen and St John the Evangelist at either side. The E side is eroded but Christ on his own crucified can be made out. Below him there is foliage. Both sides of the cross have tracery. The original shaft has long since gone.

The square base has a Victorian inscription recalling the XIII hundredth year of the introduction of Christianity. The cross is now a listed monument. Also in the churchyard a sundial on a thin shaft, dating from the 1680s. There has been speculation that the cross-head came from Sawley Abbey, nearby. Some of the architectural features inside the 13th century church certainly came from there.

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this site - see their entry for Mitton Church Cross, Great Mitton, Lancashire, which gives directions for finding this cross, together with photographs, an early drawing of the cross-head and a brief archaeology & history. The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for the Churchyard Calvary Cross, Great Mitton, Lancashire, which includes photographs, directions for finding this site, a description, background information about the possible original location of this cross and a list of reference sources for more information.

A very brief mention in given in Pastscape Monument No. 514342, which simply says: "in the churchyared is a fragment of a 14th century cross decorated with a crucifix and Saints Mary and John." The church of All Hallows is scheduled; for details of the interior and exterior architecture (no mention is made of this cross) see Historic England List ID 1163432.
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The Great Mitton Cross
The Great Mitton Cross submitted by rldixon : Great Mitton Cross detail of cross head taken 17 sept 2010 (6 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

The Great Mitton Cross
The Great Mitton Cross submitted by rldixon : The Great Mitton Cross taken 17 sept 2010 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

The Great Mitton Cross
The Great Mitton Cross submitted by rldixon : The Great Mitton Cross taken 17 sept 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Great Mitton Cross
The Great Mitton Cross submitted by rldixon : taken in Infra red 16th sept 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Great Mitton Cross
The Great Mitton Cross submitted by rldixon : Great Mitton cross showing other side it needed a bit of work in photoshop :) taken 16th sept 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Great Mitton Cross
The Great Mitton Cross submitted by rldixon : Infra Red photo taken 16 sept 2010

The Great Mitton Cross
The Great Mitton Cross submitted by rldixon : taken 16 sept 2010 in Infra red (3 comments)

The Great Mitton Cross
The Great Mitton Cross submitted by Sunny100 : The Great Mitton Cross at SD.715389. Front-side close up.

The Great Mitton Cross
The Great Mitton Cross submitted by Sunny100 : The Great Mitton Cross at SD.715389. Reverse/E.Side.

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Re: The Great Mitton Cross by Sunny100 on Saturday, 01 July 2017
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The cross stands in the churchyard of All Hallows parish church, not Holy Cross, as stated on the site page.
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