White Mere Pool, cross

HER Number

717

District

Gateshead

Site Name

White Mere Pool, cross

Place

Leam Lane

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Cross

Site Type: Specific

Boundary Cross

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The early nineteenth century antiquarian Hodgson describes, "...the pediment of the cross, which stands in the middle of Leam-lane, at Whitemere Pool,...". As Leam Lane, the Wrekendyke, was an important and early parish and township boundary, this and HER no. 718 were obviously boundary crosses.

Easting

431000

Northing

561400

Grid Reference

NZ431000561400

Sources

<< HER 717 >> J. Hodgson, 1832, Observations on the Roman Road called Wrekendyke, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, II