Leam Lane, White Mere Pool, cross

HER Number:
717

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Leam Lane, White Mere Pool, cross

Place:
Leam Lane

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Cross

Site Type: Specific:
Boundary Cross

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The early nineteenth century antiquarian Hodgson describes, "...the pediment of the cross, which stands in the middle of Leam-lane, at Whitemere Pool,...". As Leam Lane, the Wrekendyke, was an important and early parish and township boundary, this and HER no. 718 were obviously boundary crosses.

Easting:
310

Northing:
614

Grid Reference:
NZ310614

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 717 >> J. Hodgson, 1832, Observations on the Roman Road called Wrekendyke, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, II