Market Cross, Grantham
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Market Cross, Grantham by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Market Cross, Grantham
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 9 Feb 2017
The octagonal base is medieval, the tapering cap is 18th century and the shaft and cross described as 'modern' when the cross was listed in 1950. Listed Grade II and also a Scheduled Monument. It also forms an integral part of the recent (2011) sculpture 'Orrery' http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5281995 part of which can be seen over the top of the white van.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.91314
Longitude
-0.643878