Monument record MDO44380 - Socket stone situated in a field behind the barn of Manor Farm, Tarrant Hinton

The socket stone is thought to be from a wayside cross said to have stood formerly at the cross-roads in the village, still known as Hinton Cross. Thought to be the same date as the church, that is circa 1180AD. The stone is 2ft.11 ins square and is 1ft.5ins deep and is made of green sandstone. Bedded into the socket are the remains of a shaft of the same stone material cut off clean to the face of the socket.

A socket stone situated in a field behind the barn of Manor Farm, Tarrant Hinton, is thought to be from a wayside cross said to have stood formerly at the cross-roads in the village (ST 938104), still known as Hinton Cross.

The socket is octagonal above, converted to square below by broaches which are carved in the centre with 'claws' similar to those on the bases of the pillars in the parish church (ST 91 SW 79). It measures 2ft.11 ins square and is 1ft.5ins deep.

Bedded into the socket are the remains of a shaft cut off clean to the face of the socket. Both are of green sandstone similar to that of which the church tower is built, and it is suggested that the cross is of about the same date as the church, possibly circa 1180AD. <1>

The socket stone, situated at ST 93921084, is as described above and stands 0.6m. Above ground level. See photograph. <2>

<1> Pope, A, 1906, Old Stone Crosses of Dorset, 134-5 (Bibliographic reference). SWX1408.

<2> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, 22-APR-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210242 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 30 2024 10:46AM