The Cross and Hand

THE CROSS AND HAND

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1118653
Date first listed:
11-Jul-1951
Statutory Address:
THE CROSS AND HAND
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1118653
Date first listed:
11-Jul-1951
Statutory Address 1:
THE CROSS AND HAND

Location

Statutory Address:
THE CROSS AND HAND

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Batcombe
National Grid Reference:
ST 63180 03779

Details

ST 60 SW at NGR 632038 BATCOMBE BATCOMBE DOWN

4/6 The Cross and Hand 11.7.51 GV II

Wayside monolithic shaft, with necking and capital. Medieval. Stone monolith of oval form, crudely tapering. Dimensions: Height c 107cm, capital 28cm square. "It is possible that this shaft belongs to the group of pre-conquest shafts of which the pillar of Eliseg is the best known; if so the capital must have been cut down. The hand said to have been carved on one face is not traceable." (RCHM) Scheduled Ancient Monument Dorset No. 137. (RCHM Dorset I, p17 (2))

Listing NGR: ST6318003779

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Inventory of Dorset, (1974), 17

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