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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Cowper's Cross (Ilkley Moor) Alternative Name: Cawper's Cross (Ilkley Moor)Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Ilkley
Map Ref: SE1022345609
Latitude: 53.906541N Longitude: 1.84588W
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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This cross, dated to possibly the 16th or 17th century and restored in the 19th is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 49856. They add that the cross is complete, but mainly modern and badly restored; only the socket stone appears to be original.
Cowper's Cross also features on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their entry for Cowper’s Cross, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire which gives directions on how to find the cross, includes the location of the cross on the OS map of 1851 and the image of a 1920's postcard. In addition, they include some archaeology and history and some local folklore.
TNA adds that this site is on the way to the Badger Stone and is near the lesser-known Black Knoll Cross.
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