Parish/District | Tydd St Mary/South Holland |
Location | on 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 |
Category | Boundary cross |
National Grid Ref | TF 40767 17101 |
Designation | Scheduled / Listed II |
Stone Type | Limestone |
Refs | AP Survey 28 June 1995; |
Visits | AP: 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.