Monument record 1618 - Saxon Cross reused as a Sundial

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /3/20 (Report). SCH1934.

The pillar of a Saxon cross. Barrel-shaped with a bead mould at the top. Reused as a sundial, probably in the early 18th century and moved in front of the Shell Cottage, Adlington Hall, in the mid 18th century

<2> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/290 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

<3> Bailey R N, 2010, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture Volume IX, Cheshire and Lancashire: 9, p/45 (Book). SCH7146.

Adlington 1. Almost certainly the lower half of a round shaft cross. Cylindrical shaft is undecorated and topped by a single encircling moulding. The upper section of the monument has been cut away. Characteristic of the Cheshire group of round-shafts, (which have a marked concentration in Prestbury parish) in not being associated with an ecclesastical site. Full discussion in (3)