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CLEULOW CROSS

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Cleulow Cross High cross, 200m North of Fourways. An Anglo-Saxon high cross on a mound raised from a spur overlooking the valley of the Shell Brook. A large base and shaft with the remains of a small wheelhead cross on the top. The cross is of late Anglo-Saxon, Mercian round shaft, type and is one of a group of round shafts in this region, markers defining the early medieval estate and parish of Prestbury. Scheduled.

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[SJ 95216740] Cross[G.T.] (1)

A stone pillar, 9' 3" high, known as Clulow Cross, standing on a
raised mound (probably artificial). The stone socket in which it
is fixed is nearly 4ft. square. (2) Dark Ages Cross (3). (2-3)

'Clulow Cross', which is sited on a natural hillock, is similar
to the E. 11th C. crosses at SJ 91057414.
See GP. AO/64/13/6. (4)

SJ 9520 6739. Cleulow Cross high cross, 200m N of Fourways. Scheduled
RSM No 25645. An Anglo-Saxon high cross on a mound raised from a spur
overlooking the valley of the Shell Brook. A large base and shaft
with the remains of a small wheelhead cross on the top. The cross is
of late Anglo-Saxon, Mercian round shaft, type and is one of a group
of round shafts in this region, markers defining the early medieval
estate and parish of Prestbury. (5)

Full description. (6)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1954

( 2) General reference

E. Cheshire, Past and Present, 2. 1880, 435. fig. (J.P. Earwaker).

( 3) General reference

OS Anc. Brit. Map. Index, 1951.

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 TPW 21-APR-64

(5) General reference

English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 18/10/94

(6) Richard N Bailey 2010 Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture Volume IX: Cheshire and Lancashire

9 Page(s)137-8

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