Indulged in my nerdiness last week, finding the oldest human-constructed stone monument nearby. A few photos on the link on #TheMegalithicPortal below. Cross attributed to a woman, Mabel, who remarried believing her husband dead in The Crusades - who eventually returned, killing his 'replacement'. She had to do penance, walking to this cross barefoot. Original husband then killed in a fight... The cross became known as Mab's Cross owing to her penance. A connection to Arthurian Legend would have been more cool, but nevertheless, a little interesting feature to a local story and history. https://m.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=51232 #MabsCross #CrossBase #CrossShaft #AncientCross #Wigan #WiganHistory (at Mab's Cross) https://www.instagram.com/p/By7jHTpnU91/?igshid=1voh1v62dbzqc
