NHER 13381 (Monument record) - Medieval stone cross

Cockthorpe.
'Stone' on Ordnance Survey is base of medieval cross with stopedges on track formerly leading from Binham Priory to Stiffkey Harbour.
Photograph in (S1).
Visited E. Rose (NAU) 1 February 1979.

Description confirmed; base of shaft remains in socket and is surrounded by what seems to be a sheet of lead.
E. Rose (NLA) 20 November 1995.

November 1995. Scheduled.
Scheduling Description:
The monument includes the base of a medieval standing stone cross, located in the north west angle of the crossing of the road which runs east-west through the village and a track, parts of which now survive only as a footpath and right of way, between Binham village and priory to the south and Cockthorpe Common and Stiffkey Channel to the north. The base of the cross comprises a socket stone with a central mortise containing the foot of the cross shaft set in lead. The socket stone is partly sunken into the ground surface, above which it stands to a height of 0.4m. It measures 0.75m square in section at the bottom, with chamfered angles above, so that the top surface is octagonal. The bottom of the shaft, which has been broken off level with the surface of the base, measures 0.33m square in section.
An earthfast stay for a service pole adjoining the monument, and the surface of the track which impinges on the east side are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath these features is included.
Information from (S2) and (S3).
H. Mellor (HES), 20 July 2018.