| Parish/District | Skillington/South Kesteven |
| Location | Located on a small green near the church, bounded by Park Lane and Church Street |
| Category | Village cross (reconstructed) |
| National Grid Ref | SK 89591 25851 |
| Designation | Listed II |
| Stone Type | Limestone |
| Refs | Davies, D S, 1913, Lincs N & Q, Vol XII No.5, pp. 146-147 |
| Visits | DS/HH: 5 July 2011 |
Skillington has a repaired village cross base set on a small green bounded by Park Lane and Church Street, to the south east of the church.
Davies (1913) records that the cross formerly stood in the village square and was moved to its present position, but the 1888 O.S. map shows both this cross (marked as ‘Cross remains of’) and a cross on the village square (marked as ‘Cross Site of’) so it is not really clear what has moved where?
The cross has two steps, a socket stone a short stump of shaft. The whole assembly is mounted on a modern chamfered concrete slab.
The steps look to be formed of medieval stones but are very patched and repaired. The socket stone is 0.85m square and 0.33m high with stops on the corners forming an octagon. The shaft (0.28m square) is set diagonally in the socket stone (unusual!) . It is chamfered and stopped (and very eroded) and rises to 0.44m high.
Locally, the cross is known as the Moot Cross . . . possibly meaning a ‘speaking place’ or a place for statements and declarations?
