Manor Hill cross at Tydd St Mary – on road verge and dyke bank
Parish/DistrictTydd St Mary/South Holland
Locationon a grass verge on the NE side of a road junction at the southern end of the Master Dike, a drainage channel which runs along the parish boundary between Tydd St Mary and Sutton St James
CategoryBoundary cross
National Grid RefTF 40767 17101
DesignationScheduled / Listed II
Stone TypeLimestone
RefsAP Survey 28 June 1995;
VisitsAP: 28 June 1995 | DS/HH: Not Visited

There is a boundary cross set on a grass verge on the north east side of the road junction at the southern end of the Master Dike, a drainage channel which runs along the parish boundary between Tydd St Mary and Sutton St James. The cross comprises a sockets stone and part of the shaft.

The socket stone is nearly square (0.66m E-W by 0.71m N-S) with a chamfer around the upper edge. It is in a vulnerable position from grass cutting and dyke clearing activities and there is some damage to the NE corner of the stone. It is partly buried with a maximum of 0.28m above ground.

The shaft is central and is 0.29m x 0.3m at its base. The corners are stopped and chamfered to octagonal section which tapers up to a height of 1.1m. It has  It has been broken off at the top leaving a rough edge. The shaft has also been broken off and repaired with mortar (by the local farmer) fairly recently.

Manor Hill cross – the damage to the NE corner and the fractured shaft is clear.
Tydd St Mary (3) Manor Hill Cross

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