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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St. James''s Church (Avebury)Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Village: Avebury
Map Ref: SU0997669968
Latitude: 51.428631N Longitude: 1.857898W
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 in Wiltshire
This church, with its tall Anglo Saxon nave and Anglo Saxon cross pieces built into its west wall of the nave, is scheduled as Historic England List ID 1193084. Pastscape Monument No. 215776 records that this church has Anglo Saxon origins, dating from 950-1000AD with later 12th and 15th century work, adding: "Anglo-Saxon cross and impost fragments are built into the South porch and nave walls".
The Journal of Antiquities also includes a page for this church - see their entry for St James’ Church, Avebury, Wiltshire, which includes a description of the church and the other interesting features contained within, plus a list of reference sources for more information.
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