Legs Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Monument.

Legs Cross

WRENN ID: broken-plinth-indigo
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: County Durham
Country: England
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

NZ 22 SW 207225 BOLAM DERE STREET (West side) 3/3 Legs Cross 14/9/66 II*

Base and fragment of cross shaft. Probably C9. Sandstone. Rough, rectangular base about one metre high. Badly worn, tapering cross shaft, about 1.5 metres high, is said to have featured interlacing ornament at upper end of west face. Legs cross probably marked the subdivision of major Anglo-Saxon estate centred on Gainford village.

Scheduled Ancient Monument

Listing NGR: NZ2072122496

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