NHER 4996 (Monument record) - Stump Cross, Mount Ephraim

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Summary

This stone cross, referred to as Stump Cross, stands in a clearing in Mount Ephraim Plantation. The cross is made of Barnack stone and has a shaft supported on a socket stone. The socket stone is 0.4m above the ground and 0.73 in section at the base. The shaft is square in cross-section, with roll moulding at the angles and is about 1.8m tall above the socket stone. The head of the cross is missing. The cross has been identified as that described by Tom Martin in 1720 as standing in two parts on either side of a road on a hill between Broomhill and Methwold, and according to Blomefield it stood beside the Walsingham Way (Pilgrim's Walk).

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1015262: Wayside cross known as Stump Cross in Mount Ephraim Plantation

Location

Map sheet	TL79SE
Civil Parish	WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Full Description

Remains of wayside cross of Barnack stone in plantation on Mount Ephraim by Pilgrims Path.
Repaired by Ministry of Works 1935 and re-erected.
See (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

(Formerly in two pieces, known as Broken Cross).
E. Rose (NAU).

Clarke's date of 1935 for the re-erection may be questioned as the schedule notes it was still in two pieces in 1939, but repaired in 1958. However schedule was retyped 1958 and so an error may have been made here.

1994.
Excellent condition, one of the best preserved crosses in the county.
Visited by E. Rose (NLA), 28 March 1994.

See description, location and schedule in file.

1997.
No change.
See slide in photograph archive.
Visited by D.Gurney (NLA), 8 December 1997.

2002.
Scheduled Ancient Monument Management Plan, March 2002-March 2007.
Copy in file.
D. Gurney (NLA), 24 April 2002.

Associated Sources (13)

--- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF200.
--- SNF99122 Designation: Department Of The Environment. 1882-1984?. Department of the Environment Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF200.
--- SNF99120 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF200.
--- SNF99123 Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF200.
--- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Weeting.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 79 SE 8 [3].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
--- SNF51037 Unpublished Document: English Heritage. 2002. English Heritage Management Agreement.
<S1> SNF1810 Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy B. 1934. Norfolk Crosses. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXV Pt II pp 297-336. pp 329-330; Pl 15.
<S2> SNF6609 Publication: Knocker, G.. 1958. AM7.
<S3> SNF5405 Designation: Corbishley, M.. 1983. AM107.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

CROSS (Medieval to 21st Century - 1066 AD? to 2100 AD)

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Weeting with Broomhill (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Sep 13 2024 10:24AM