Two Unidentified Monuments 7-8 Metres East of Churchyard Cross. is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1985. Monument.
Two Unidentified Monuments 7-8 Metres East of Churchyard Cross.
- WRENN ID
- quartered-granite-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Two Unidentified Monuments 7-8 Metres East of Churchyard Cross., Cerne Abbas
- OS grid reference
- ST 665 013
- Coordinates
- 50.81086, -2.47566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two unidentified monuments are located 7-8 metres east of the Churchyard Cross in Cerne Abbas. These are table-tombs from the 17th and 18th centuries. The first tomb, dating from the 17th century, is made of stone and features two recessed panels on each side, along with a top modillion cornice and memento mori in the spandrels. It has a flat top block. The second tomb, from the 18th century, is also made of stone and has one recessed panel on each side with plain corners and a hipped top block. The inscription on this tomb is illegible.
Local climate
Two Unidentified Monuments 7-8 Metres East of Churchyard Cross. receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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