South Somercotes churchyard cross
Parish/DistrictSouth Somercotes/East Lindsey
Locationin the churchyard of St Peter’s Church to the south east of the south porch
CategoryChurchyard cross
National Grid RefTF 41600 93782
DesignationScheduled / Listed II
Stone TypeLimestone
RefsAP Survey 23 Jan 1998; Davies, D S, 1915, Lincs N & Q, Vol XIII No.6, p.214
VisitsAP: 23 Jan 1998 | DS/HH: 23 Aug 2007

The remains of a standing cross survive in the churchyard of St Peter’s Church to the south east of the south porch. Now a CCT church.

There is a plain, rectangular socket stone 0.76m N-S by 0.84m E-W with about 0.3m above ground (rather less than the 0.45m recorded by Davies in 1915). It has a slight chamfer around its upper edge.

A portion of shaft survives in the socket. It is 0.3m square at the base chamfered to octagonal and is 0.84m tall. The top has been cut square, with no signs of fixings.

St Peter’s, South Somercotes – the cross stump indicated by an arrow (Photo: Stephen Horncastle)
South Somercotes cross – note the levelled top of the cross shaft
South Somercotes

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