Monument record MDO3919 - Late medieval cross base, Hammoon

Cross base some 50 yards south of the church. Probably 15th century. An inscription on one side records that the base was taken from nearer the church and set in its present location in 1913. The cross has a socket stone and part of a cross shaft. The square socket stone is chamfered at the top to form an octagon and rests on a rendered brick base. The lower half of a cross shaft, rectangular in section, sits on the base. At the top of this fragment of the cross shaft there are the remains of an arm.

The remains of the 14th century village cross stood on the green at Hammoon until 1869-70. Its remnants were found in a ditch in April 1913 and replaced on their original site. <1, 4>

Cross base 50 yards south of the Church is a socketed stone base block, 2 3/4 feet square and 2 feet high, chamfered at the top to form an octagon. It is probably 15th century. Cemented into the socket is what could be part of the original shaft.

ST 81771454. The restored Medieval cross, placed upon a small circular green, is as described by RCHM <5>. The portion of the (?) original shaft is 0.8m high, with sides 0.3m by 0.2m; it has the stump of an arm projecting 0.14m from the north side. Condition good. A weathered inscription on the west side of the base-stone, records its re-erection at this position, 23 April 1913. Cross surveyed at 1:2500 on AM. <5, 6>

Cross base. Grade II. <7>

<1> Pope, A, 1906, Old Stone Crosses of Dorset, 53-54 (Bibliographic reference). SWX1408.

<2> Ordnance Survey, OS78/F17/1A (Aerial Photograph). SDO18594.

<3> Ordnance Survey, OS78/F17/2A (Aerial Photograph). SDO18595.

<4> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1914, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 34 (Serial). SDO23.

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 101 (Monograph). SDO146.

<6> Stone, J W, Field Investigators Comments JWS, 06/03/1978 (Unpublished document). SDO11902.

<7> DOE (HHR), 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: North Dorset District, 24/06/1985, 32 (Scheduling record). SDO17732.

<8> Historic England, Scheduled Monument Notification, 29/11/1995 (Scheduling record). SDO17468.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206208 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 12 2024 4:13PM