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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Edenhall Cross (Langwathby)Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Penrith Nearest Village: Edenhall / Langwathby
Map Ref: NY5676732230
Latitude: 54.683256N Longitude: 2.67208W
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 |
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Anne T visited on 5th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Edenhall Cross, near Langwathby, Cumbria: This is one of the crosses we didn't have time to visit on our last trip to Cumbria, and we picked a beautiful, if somewhat chilly day, to arrive.
No sooner had we pulled the car up by the cross to take some photographs, and I was wrestling with the lens of my camera, which had jammed, when a dog walker sidled up and asked us if we were planning on parking there. I said I was just going to take some photos, then we were heading down to the church; we wouldn't dream of blocking the gate into the field. The man looked mollified and moved on, only to be followed by a steady stream of dog walkers with large dogs.
The view across to the Pennines with their snow caps was lovely. The photographs didn't really do the scenery justice. A lovely spot.
This grade II listed cross is made up of a 19th century cross shaft and head on a medieval plinth. The plinth measures 2m square. Sitting at the side of the lane leading from Edenhall village to St. Cuthbert's Church, a footpath leads south east across the fields from the cross to the River Eden.
Recorded as Historic England List ID 1019726 and Pastscape Monument No. 12259, all the components are made of red sandstone.
With views east across the river to the Pennine ridge beyond, it is in a very pleasant location. The St. Cuthbert Church guide says that a nearby wall was taken down in the early 1870s. "The stones were carried away to be used in building a retaining wall along the west side of the Ladies' Walk. Built into the wall was found a small water trough believed to have been used as a plague stone. The trough was taken away and the cross was erected to mark the place. What became of the trough is not known."
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