Scheduled Monument: Churchyard cross 6.5m west of Twitchen church
(1013720)
Authority
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Other Ref
27319
Date assigned
14 December 1995
Date last amended
Date revoked
The monument includes the shaft of a churchyard cross standing 6.5m west of Twitchen church tower; the head and arms are missing. The shaft is 1.63m high, of octagonal section and three corner stops are just visible. The base of the shaft is 0.36m in diameter and tapers to 0.17m diameter at the top. There is no clear evidence for a socket stone. In 1937 Masson Phillips recorded that the shaft with a socket stone was located to the south of the church. By 1973 it had been moved to its present location.
The cross is Listed Grade II.