More information : [TF 40761708] Cross [GT] (Remains of). (1)
The remains of an old cross stand at Manor Hill Corner, Tydd
St Mary. (2)
The cross has been slightly renovated. See GP. AO/65/109/2. (3)
TF 4076 1710. Boundary cross, Manor Hill Corner. The cross is
medieval in date and is constructed of limestone. The monument
includes the base, comprising a socket stone, and part of the shaft.
The socket stone is constructed from a single limestone block of
rectangular section. On one side it stands up to 0.28m above the
ground surface, which slopes down towards the Master Dike; on the
south side it is partially buried, the top of the stone lying
approximately level with the ground surface of the roadside verge.
The upper edge of the stone is chamfered. Set into the centre of the
socket stone is a shaft fragment, nearly square in section at the
base rising through moulded and chamfered corners in tapering
octagonal section to a height of 1.1m. The cross is Listed Grade
II. (4) |