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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Axstone crossCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 5.366 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cheshire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Holmes Chapel Nearest Village: Goostrey
Map Ref: SJ789706
Latitude: 53.232013N Longitude: 2.317554W
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 is an odd one. This Mercian cross probably originally stood on Heaton Low SJ955628 on a bronze age burial mound. Then it was moved, to SJ952623 near to Axstones Spring. This is where it was found in the mid 1960s by writer and archaeologist, Alan Garner, who removed it for safekeeping to his home at Goostrey. It now lives at his home, Toad Hall, overlooked by the great radio telescope at Jodrell Bank.
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