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Multi-periodSite Name: Outer Golden Pot (Otterburn)Country: England
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County: Northumberland Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Otterburn
Map Ref: NT8044207234
Latitude: 55.358722N Longitude: 2.310043W
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| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 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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Anne T visited on 28th May 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Outer Golden Pot (Otterburn): What stunning views across to Upper Coquetdale from here. No wonder the site is marked as a view point on the Otterburn Ranges Access Map. The fencing surrounding this Golden Pot has been broken on three sides, so it’s possible to appreciate its form more fully than the Middle Golden Pot.
The base is smaller than the Shitlington Cross but is about the same size as many of the Anglo Saxon Cross Bases we’ve seen in and around churches in North Yorkshire.
As I stepped back towards the road to photograph the base, I saw what looked like a cart track running diagonally up the hillside, crossing under the road and carrying on in a north-east/south-west direction. Andrew pointed out that if I moved a bit further over, I could see the second ditch, so this was the old course of Dere Street, now metalled and called ‘Roman Road’.
After stopping to photograph this stone, we went in search of Ridlees Cairn and Bushman’s Crag, to the south east of these intriguing cross bases.
There is some confusion as to what the 'Golden Pots' are. Five stones called Golden Pots are supposed to remain on the western side of the Roman Way (Dere Street) between Redesdale and Chew Green, but only three are listed: The Inner Golden Pot, Middle Golden Pot and Outer Golden Pot.
Originally thought to be Roman milestones, their shape is indicative of the base of a cross with socket hole. It was then thought that "the stone is possibly the remains of a late 14th century wayside cross", but a "a charter of 1228 mentions the "Goldingpottes' and "Goldingpot". It is probable that these stones were erected as boundary stones between the parish of Elsden and the chapelry of Halystone and as guides for the traveller." Given the position of these stones against the route of Dere Street, this would make sense.
Pastscape Monument No. 224 tells us that the block is made of sandstone and measures 3 ft long, 2ft 8ins wide with an off-set socket hole measuring 10ins by 16ins.
Confusingly Historic England has two entries for the Outer Golden Pot, both with the same grid reference. The first, Historic England List Entry 1041301 which says: "Crossbase, Medieval, possibly base of wayside funerary cross to Sir James Douglas, killed in Battle of Otterburn 1388. Sandstone."
The second entry is recorded as Historic England List Entry 1008282 which talks about wayside crosses in the designation, which were erected mostly from the 9th to 15th century. Their view is this is a 14th century wayside cross, put up to help travellers using Dere Street on their way between Corbridge and Newstead in Scotland.
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