Blacklaw Cross (West Allen)
One of five wayside crosses across Alston Moor. The other sites include: Hartside, Long, Kilhope and Shorts Crosses. Blacklaw Cross lies on an ancient route between Corbridge and Penrith, which is first documented in 1279. (1)
(NY 75804832) Blacklaw Cross (NAT) (2a, 2d)
"Blake Cairn or Blakelawes cross"; the site of a boundary cross on the road to Wellhope, mentioned in an old "Bounder". (2b)
There are now no visible remains of a cross or cairn. (2c)
(NY 75804832) Blacklaw Cross (NAT) (2a, 2d)
"Blake Cairn or Blakelawes cross"; the site of a boundary cross on the road to Wellhope, mentioned in an old "Bounder". (2b)
There are now no visible remains of a cross or cairn. (2c)
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