The Cantlin Stone and Botfield Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. Memorial.
The Cantlin Stone and Botfield Cross
- WRENN ID
- errant-vault-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1951
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- The Cantlin Stone and Botfield Cross, Newcastle on Clun
- OS grid reference
- SO 202 869
- Coordinates
- 52.47458, -3.17551
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cantlin Stone and Botfield Cross is a memorial stone and cross located in Bettws-y-Crwyn. The stone was erected in 1691, while the cross was added in 1858. The memorial features an irregular limestone boulder inscribed with "WC/DECSED HERE BURIED/1691 AT BETWS." The limestone Celtic cross has carved roundels and trails, and it stands on a chamfered stepped square base. At the time of the last survey in November 1984, the cross was noted to be displaced and fractured.
This site traditionally marks the location where William Catlin, a pedlar visiting local farms, collapsed and died in 1691; he is believed to be buried in St Mary's Churchyard. The cross was erected by Beriah Botfield, a botanist, bibliographer, and Member of Parliament for Ludlow. A wooden fence, which is not included in the listing, now surrounds both the stone and the cross.
Local climate
The Cantlin Stone and Botfield Cross receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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