Memorial Type:

Battlefield Monument

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

Modern (1939)

Inscription:

Battle of Towton Palm Sunday 1461

Allegiance:

Neutral

Condition Description:

Slight fading of the inscription but otherwise in good condition for a medieval high cross

Memorial Notes:

Cross erected to commemorate the battle of Towton. The stone cross may have come from the now lost battlefield chapel. The cross languished in a hedge bottom for many years, before it was resurrected in its current location in 1939 by the Harrogate archaeologist, James Ogden