Plague Stone At Junction With Sandy Gate Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1988. Stone structure.

Plague Stone At Junction With Sandy Gate Lane

WRENN ID: patient-outpost-linden
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Wakefield
Country: England
Date first listed: 11 May 1988
Type: Stone structure
Source: Historic England listing

Description

ACKWORTH PONTEFRACT ROAD SE41NW (east side) 2/8 "Plague stone" at - junction with Sandy Gate Lane - II

Structure known locally as "Plague Stone", but perhaps formerly a cross base. Probably late medieval. Sandstone. Two roughtly-hewn slabs approx. 1 metre wide, one mounted on top of the other; in the centre of the upper slab, a square socket for a former cross shaft. ("Plaque stones" were receptacles for sterilising coins in vineagar, normally at or close to parish boundaries).

Listing NGR: SE4469319007

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