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Lilla Cross, Yorkshire

Lilla Cross is a late Anglo-Saxon standing cross located on top of a prehistoric bowl barrow (Lilla Howe) on Fylingdales Moor, Yorkshire, in the North Riding. It stands at the junction of two mediæval trackways and marks the junction of four ancient parishes. The cross is mentioned in a Whitby charter of AD 1078-1120. The current cross may have replaced an earlier 7th-century cross. Lilla Howe is a bowl barrow built of large stones and earth. It is within the council area of North Yorkshire.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1010076.

Place Type: Wayside Cross
Historic County: Yorkshire
Division of County: North Riding
Lat, Long: 54.375965,-0.632455
Grid Reference: SE 8893 9869
Civil Parish: Fylingdales and Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre CP
Council Area: North Yorkshire CA
Strategic Authority Area: York and North Yorkshire SA
Police Area: North Yorkshire PA

GBPN ID: 302918
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Lilla_Cross,_Yorkshire_302918

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