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Submitted by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 22 May 2007 Page Views: 5065

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Nicholas (West Tanfield)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Village: West Tanfield
Map Ref: SE2679978746
Latitude: 54.203767N Longitude: 1.590665W
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

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.

4 Accuracy:

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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TheCaptain visited on 27th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 After visiting the Thornborough Henges on my way back from Northumberland, I call in to the Bull Inn at West Tanfield for a pint, and notice that there is something marked at the local church. A very interesting old place with pele tower outside; I cannot look inside the church as there is building work going on, but outside in the churchyard, there is what looks like a very interesting and ancient cross shaft mounted on a block. Its obviously far older than anything else in the graveyard, but I see nothing written on or about it.

**St Nicholas (West Tanfield)** submitted by TheCaptain : In the churchyard is what looks like a very ancient cross shaft mounted on a block. Its obviously far older than anything else in the graveyard, but I saw nothing written on or about it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pre-Norman Cross shaft in St Nicholas' church, West Tanfield; "and something peculiar in the churchyard" though what is not said in the source!
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