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RERE-CROSS, or Rey-Cross, the base of an ancient cross, within an ancient camp, on the E border of Westmoreland; on Stainmoor, near Watling-street, 4¾ miles E by S of Brough. The cross is supposed to have been erected by jointly William the Conqueror and Malcolm of Scotland, to mark the boundary of their territories, and was called originally Roi-cross, or the Cross of the Kings. The camp is Roman; has a rhomboidal form; and measures about 270 yards in length, and from 180 to 250 in width.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "the base of an ancient cross, within an ancient camp" (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites") |
Administrative units: | Westmorland AncC |
Place names: | RERE CROSS | RERE CROSS OR REY CROSS | REY CROSS |
Place: | Rey Cross |
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