Holystone cross socket

A cross socket, said by the Ordnance Survey to consist of a sandstone block 0.7m square, with a socket 0.2m x 0.15m. It is assumed to be the base of a cross on the boundary of Billy Mill Moor, also the boundary between Long Benton and the liberty of Tynemouth priory. A late 17th century description described it as: "...and so north-west to a stand with a hole in it, wherein, as it should seem, hath stood a cross; and from thence directly to Backworth dicke [dyke]...". The location is taken from the modern map.