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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Rocester Church Cross (Rocester)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.814 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Staffordshire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Uttoxeter Nearest Village: Rocester
Map Ref: SK1117039394
Latitude: 52.951811N Longitude: 1.835195W
Condition:

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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

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3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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4 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
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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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**Rocester Church Cross (Rocester)** submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking east. The pedestal and shaft are all that's left. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ancient Cross in Staffordshire

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this cross - see their entry for Rocester Church Cross, Staffordshire, which gives directions for finding this site, together with an old image of the cross from the William Salt Library.

The cross is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 307302, which includes a photograph, reporting that this is: "the best preserved cross of the whole county (Staf)."

For the scheduling information see Historic England List ID 123192, which tells us this cross is on Dove Lane, "CROSS APPROXIMATELY 40 YARDS NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL ... Churchyard cross. C13. Stone. 4 Circular steps to 3-tier plinth with convex mouldings; quadrilobe shaft approximately 20 feet high with sunk dog-tooth ornament on 2 sides; the head is missing."

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

SK1139 : Cross in Rocester churchyard by David Weston — by David Weston
©2017(licence)

SK1139 : Churchyard cross at the Church of St Michael by Graham Hogg — by Graham Hogg
©2020(licence)

SK1139 : Rocester Abbey by Ralph Greig — by Ralph Greig
©2023(licence)

SK1139 : Rocester, St Michael by Dave Kelly — by Dave Kelly
©2023(licence)

SK1139 : St Michael's Church, Rocester by David Weston — by David Weston
©2017(licence)

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