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Fairy Stone (Fourstones)
Trip No.116 Entry No.2 Date Added: 27th Jan 2019
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Couldn't find on 26th Jan 2019
Log Text: Fairy Stone (Fourstones): This is one of the sites I added to the Portal from The Northern Antiquarian, so whilst we were in the area, decided to try and find it. We parked at NY 89360 67929 on the outskirts of Fourstones Village (I didn’t think there was much at Fourstones, but there is a large papermill there).
Armed with the grid references (the one given by TNA, the other by Pastscape, we wandered along the road, up past the farms and along the lanes, but could find no trace of this stone. What a shame – I was looking forward to rediscovering it. Andrew, through looking at the age of the stone walls and the road surface, was able to tell where the road had been widened, which helped our search before admitting defeat.
I did photograph an old well/drinking trough next to the farm at about NY 89325 68021. This is a lovely old village.
Acomb Sanctuary Cross
Trip No.116 Entry No.1 Date Added: 27th Jan 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jan 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Acomb Sanctuary Cross submitted by Anne T on 27th Jan 2019. First view of this cross base, set upon sandstone blocks. It was certainly well hidden, but visible at this time of year with no leaves on the hawthorn hedge.
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Log Text: Acomb Sanctuary Cross: I spotted this cross base whilst doing some research for a Journal of Antiquities tumulus not far away a few days ago. This cross base is just off the A6079 Cross Bank, going north from Acomb. This is a very busy road and after driving up and back down the road a couple of times, the only safe place we could find to park was just off the road at the entrance to a grassy farm track at NY 92364 66984. Walking north to the cross base, which we’d spotted as a rectangular lump of stone under the hedgerow, we were constantly having to jump up onto the grass verge as the fast travelling cars didn’t give us much room, and it felt quite dangerous.
Fortunately, between lulls in the traffic, I crossed the road to get a ‘context’ photo of the cross base. Close up, the quite large socket hole was filled with leaves and grass. The base sits on two other stones which are barely larger than the base itself.
Andrew managed to find a lower part of the fence and climbed into the field to get photos from the other side.
Homers Lane Cross (Warden)
Trip No.116 Entry No.3 Date Added: 28th Jan 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jan 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Homers Lane Cross (Warden) submitted by Anne T on 27th Jan 2019. Standing on Homer's Lane looking eastwards towards the River North Tyne. The carving of the elongated 'V' on the front of the broken shaft can be clearly seen.
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Log Text: Homer's Lane Cross, Warden: This is another cross base that we hadn't spotted with a short radius of where we live (have Pastscape been adding new records to their database?) This cross base and part of its shaft was easy to find and in a really nice setting, with a small stream trickling away to its eastern side and a bench to sit on and admire it, with the River North Tyne also to the east and the Stanegate Roman Road nearby. A quiet, quiet spot. Lovely!