Description

SE 26 NW
SE 24476665
4/136
6.3.67

SAWLEY
GREEN LANE
(north side, off)
Lacon Cross

II

Plinth, socket stone and lower part of cross shaft. Medieval. Probably for
the monks of Fountains Abbey. Gritstone. Plinth composed of flat stones
forming a base approximately 1.5 metres square and 20 centimetres high.
Socket stone set into centre of plinth approximately 60 centimetres square
and 40 centimetres high, the top hollowed out to take the cross shaft.
Shaft: square in section with roll mouldings to corners; surviving to
approximate height of 1 metre. The cross was probably a route marker for
travellers crossing Butterton Bridge (qv) from Warsill and the south to
Fountains Abbey (qv).

Listing NGR: SE2446266658

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26553603

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)