Legs Cross, Dere Street, Bolam (Bolam)
Legs Cross © DCC 2002
Legs Cross © DCC 2002
The base and fragment of a cross shaft dating from the 9th century. A rough cut rectangular sandstone base, badly worn, but is said to have featured interlacing ornament. This is probably a Legs Cross which marked the subdivision of a major Anglo-Saxon estate centered on Gainford Village.
It may have been used as a wayside marker or boundary marker between estates. Scheduled and listed.
D37472
RCHME: Durham SAMs Project 1991; Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
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