Parish/District | Belleau/East Lindsey |
Location | c.4m south east of the south porch of St John the Baptist church |
Category | Churchyard cross |
National Grid Ref | TF 40117 78537 |
Designation | Scheduled / Listed II |
Stone type | Limestone |
Refs | AP survey 23 Jan 1998 |
Visits | AP: 23 Jan 1998 | DS/HH: 21 May 2010 |
Cross base and part of shaft. The cross base has shields in quatrefoils at the centre of each side. There is no detail on the shields. Date is given as 14C (in HER).
Base stone measures 80 cm N-S and 79 cm E-W. The stone is spalling quite badly and it is in poor shape especially near the corners. Shaft is square stopped to octagonal 30 cm N-S and 35 cm E-W. Height of shaft 95cm. The stops are large extending over 26 cm. There is a small hollow in the top of the shaft.
HER description says: ‘in the churchyard is the base and part of the shaft of a medieval cross. The base is decorated with shields in quatrefoils’
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