Stump Cross Traditional Cache
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Stump Cross
Base of 12th century boundary cross
Urban Location, by the side of a busy road, parking available close by.
In Pontefract Museum are two fragments of the cross shaft, one formerly in Darrington Church and the other in a barn at Bubwith Farm; one shows a figure on a horse, the other a seated figure.
Grey ashlar limestone, Rectangular plan, approximately 600 millimetres by 500 millimetres and about
350 millimetres high, with a large square socket in the top side. On each side are three round topped recessed panels, forming an arcade, the spacing closer on the narrower sides. The stone lies within a railed enclosure.
Inside the enclosure a tree and saplings are growing. The cross base lies on the boundary of the Borough of Pontefract, at the junction of an ancient boundary lane with a main road.
Cache is a magnetic small tube with Log only, pen & tweezers required.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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