Alne Cross
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Alne Cross
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 11 Aug 2016
Probably the stump of a medieval cross, it found later use as a plague stone. Commercial transactions took place here to quarantine the village. Goods were left here and payment placed in the trough on the left, probably in vinegar or other liquid believed to protect against infection. (Knowledge of the causes of infectious disease was at least 200 years in the future.)
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Image Location
Latitude
54.077304
Longitude
-1.246481