Cross base, Disley parish church
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Cross base, Disley parish church
Image: © Dave Dunford Taken: 2 Jan 2012
"Socket stone for two crosses: Pre-conquest but found at Image in 1958. Massive sub-rectangular stone slab with 2 circular holes of different sizes. Shallow grooves run through the centres of these holes and perpendicular to them, a piece of lead is set into one of them. Thought to be the setting for 2 Anglo-Saxon crosses now lost. (Trans. Lancs. and Ches. Ant. Soc. vol 58, 142)." I've heard it claimed that Image were once mounted in this stone, but the above (quoted in the English Heritage listing) would appear to contradict the claim.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.357283
Longitude
-2.040077