| Parish/District | Beckingham/North Kesteven |
| Location | c. 35m south of the nave of All Saints church |
| Category | Churchyard cross (?) |
| National Grid Ref | SK 87563 53761 |
| Designation | Scheduled |
| Stone type | Limestone |
| Refs | AP survey of 15/12/93 |
| Visits | AP: 15 Dec 1993 | DS/HH: 5 July 2011 |
A stone shaft with a stepped base standing at a crazy angle – very unusual but presumably a cross shaft (it’s scheduled as one!) Shaft is 100 cms to base of knop plus 8cms of knop. It is slightly chamfered and tapers. Measures 29 x 28 cms near base. No sign of a socket stone (above ground) and the suggestion from the scheduling description is that ‘this is a good example of the integral base, shaft and knop of a medieval standing cross.’
The description and dimensions from Hist Eng as follows: The base is rectangular in section, measuring 0.55m x 0.26m; the north and south sides are chamfered above towards the base of the shaft, which measures 0.3m x 0.22m in section. The shaft tapers slightly upwards with chamfered corners terminating near a platform-like knop at the top, which is of wider, rectangular section. There are a number of small vertical holes in the upper surface. The full height of the stone above the ground is 1.38m.
The Lincs HER notes ‘now in use as a sundial’ but no visible attachments at time of visit, although the holes noted in top surface may have once been sundial fixings.
