Parish/DistrictBrigsley/North East Lincs
Locationc. 12m S of the church of St Helen
CategoryChurchyard cross
National Grid RefTA 25465 01799
DesignationListed II
Stone typeNot known
RefsN E Lincs HER; Davies, D. S., 1915, Lincs Notes & Queries, Vol 13, p. 136
VisitsDS/HH: 7 Sept 2009

There is a churchyard cross about 12m south of St Helen’s church, Brigsley, which has a socket stone and a portion of shaft surviving (overall height c. 1.5m). The base stands on some stone but there are no steps. The socket stone is nearly square 0.71m (E-W) by 0.69m (N-S) with corners cut to octagonal and pointed stops and is c.0.45m high.

The shaft is set in a lead-lined socket. It is  0.30m (E-W) by 0.28m (N-S) and has a high (c.0.4m) chamfer to octagonal. The surviving shaft is 1.11m tall. On its top surface there are five dowel holes (sundial mount?). There is a shape/device (possibly a key – or initials) carved into the East face, which Hilary sketched (see field notes and photo).

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