Monument record MDO2538 - Jackman's Cross, Stratton

(SY 64899599) Jackman's Cross (NR) (Remains of) (NAT) (1)

Jackman's Cross consists of a Medieval square stone base with a chamfered upper edge and a rectangular socket for the former wooden cross shaft. On one side is a cup-shaped cavity possibly for the reception of alms. (2,3)

SY 64909599. The socket stone of a cross, 0.2m high with two adjacent, regular sides 0.6m and 0.7m wide. One side is partly buried and the other is curved. (4)

No change.

Revised 1:2500 on MSD. (5)

<1> Pope, A, 1906, Old Stone Crosses of Dorset, 121 (Bibliographic reference). SWX1408.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 64899599) Jackman's Cross (NR) (Remains of) (NAT)

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 227 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(2) JACKMAN'S CROSS, nearly 1½ m. N. of the church, consists now only of the square base-stand with a chamfered upper edge and a rectangular socket for the former shaft. It is of medieval date.'

<5> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 27-JAN-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<6> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 04-FEB-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453192 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 19 2024 4:59PM