Find Spot record MDO7884 - Possible Medieval cross base, 1 Blackmanston Cottages, Blackmanston, Steeple

In the front garden No 1 Council Cottages Blackmanston is a worked stone of some antiquity. Surveyed at SY 91558097.
It is octagonal in shape with a central hollow with a diameter of 13 inches. Height of stone 18 inches. It may be the base of a Medieval cross. The occupiers of the cottage had no knowledge of its original site.
See GP GP/52/72/5. <1>

Not a cross base, original purpose unknown. <2>

<1> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 17-SEP-52 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<2> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F2 FDC 31-DEC-52 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OS52/F72/5 (Index). SDO14738.

Object Title: BASE OF MEDIEVAL CROSS?, STEEPLE.

<4> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 604 (Index). SDO147.

‘BLACKMANSTON: In the front garden of No.1 Council Cottages, Blackmanston, is a worked stone of some antiquity. Octagonal central hollow. The stone is 0.35m diam. and 0.45m high. Perhaps medieval cross base. OS SY98SW33. 7/7/C.’

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Records, SY 98 SW 33 (Index). SDO131.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456987 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Mar 29 2023 2:33PM