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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Bottesford Cross Alternative Name: Market Cross (Bottesford)Country: England County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Melton Mowbray Nearest Village: Bottesford
Map Ref: SK8061638944
Latitude: 52.941843N Longitude: 0.801825W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Orcinus visited on 12th Jan 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5
Anne T visited on 17th Mar 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Market Cross, Bottesford: We saw this purely by chance as we turned down the road heading north towards the A1 and home, and stopped to take photographs. The village stocks and whipping post were right next to the cross, which was placed on top of five steps, the top two of which are modern repairs.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 3 Access: 5
This market cross has two separate entries on Historic England: List ID 1075101 and List ID 1017494. Standing at the corner of Grantham Road and Market Street, this cross is thought to stand in or near its original position within the village, and thought to date from the 15th century.
Whilst the top two steps have been replaced, the rest of the steps are original, and are square in plan. Historic England adds: "On the uppermost step stands the socket stone, which is 0.74m square at its base and includes large stop-angles and shields on each of its four faces depicting the arms of the de Roos family. Set into the centre of the socket stone is the shaft, of square section at its base, rising through chamfered corners in tapering octagonal section to a maximum height of 0.97m. The full height of the cross is 2.47m".
Pastscape records this cross as Monument No 323732, where it is described as a "standing stone cross of medieval date".
Immediately next to the cross stands the village stocks and whipping post, which have their own Historic England entry (see List ID 1180323). Next to the cross is a large stone drinking trough, now reused as a planter.
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