Parish/DistrictBenniworth/East Lindsey
Locationc.9m south of tower of St Julian’s church
CategoryChurchyard cross
National Grid RefTF 20938 81767
DesignationScheduled / Listed II
Stone TypeLimestone
RefsDavies LN&Q vol 8; AP Survey 10 Mar 1994
VisitsAP: 10 Mar 1994 DS/HH: NV

The base of the cross takes the form of a socket stone which is approximately 0.88m square in section and stands to a height of about 0.6m above the ground surface. The upper part of the stone is chamfered, and the upper corners are heavily moulded; those on the west side are partly broken away. The sides of the socket stone are inscribed with vertical panels containing roughly drawn quatrefoils and cinquefoils. A deep horizontal fracture at a height of about 0.4m above the ground divides the socket stone into two pieces, now joined with mortar. In the upper face of the stone are two holes for iron fittings. The western side of the socket is partly broken away, revealing the bottom of the shaft, of plain rectangular section, which is fixed with lead inside the socket. Above the socket the shaft fragment rises through moulded and chamfered corners in tapering octagonal section to a maximum height of 0.79m.

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