Holystone cross socket

A cross socket consisting of a sandstone block 0.7 metres square of sandstone, with a socket 0.2 x 0.15 metres. It is assumed to be the base of a cross on the boundary of Billy Mill Moor, the boundary between Long Benton and the liberty of Tynemouth priory. A late 17th century description went thus: "... 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...".