Elsdon Tower House : The Medieval Cross Slab

Prior to 1997 a medieval cross slab grave cover of orange sandstone was built into the external west wall of the kitchen wing, above the ground floor window.

The slab measured 0.75 by 0.30 m, its base being broken away; it bears an incised design of a cross with its head made up of four broken circles or 'bracelets', set within a circle, with a pair of shears (the conventional emblem for a woman) on the l. of the cross shaft.

It is probably of 12th or 13th century date; there are a number of similar slabs in the parish church.