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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mary the Virgin (East Knoyle) Alternative Name: The East Knoyle Cross
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Shaftesbury Nearest Village: East Knoyle
Map Ref: ST880305
Latitude: 51.073699N Longitude: 2.172658W
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

2 Ambience:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
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2 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 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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Jansold visited on 25th Feb 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4

**St Mary the Virgin (East Knoyle)** submitted by Jansold : Roughly worked Saxon Cross, in grave yard, dated to early Saxon period (7-9th C). Probably pre-dates the existing church. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ancient Cross in Wiltshire

The church of St Mary the Virgin stands at the western side of the village and is located on Hindon Road (the Holloway road) 6 miles north of Shaftesbury. In the graveyard stands a weather-worn Anglo-Saxon cross.

At the west end of the churchyard stands an Anglo-Saxon cross dating from the 9th-11th century. It stands about 4 feet high but is now heavily worn. The cross-head is damaged and hardly recognisable. There are faint traces of carving on the shaft, but you need to get up close up to see it
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

ST8830 : East Knoyle, St, Mary's Church: Eastern aspect by Michael Garlick — by Michael Garlick
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ST8830 : St Mary, East Knoyle: late August 2016 by Basher Eyre — by Basher Eyre
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ST8830 : Church of St. Mary by Kevin Farmer — by Kevin Farmer
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ST8830 : St Mary, East Knoyle: font by Basher Eyre — by Basher Eyre
©2016(licence)

ST8830 : St Mary, East Knoyle: memorial (xiii) by Basher Eyre — by Basher Eyre
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