Rey Cross

It is also known as Rere Cross and is a Grade II* listed structure[1] and a scheduled monument.

[2] It is located towards the western edge of County Durham, approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of the border with Cumbria along the A66 road.

Believed to have been ten feet tall, a long-held local legend states it was the burial place of Eric Bloodaxe, Viking Ruler of Northumbria.

No bones were found at the site, although it remains possible that Eric's burial might be elsewhere on the Stainmore moors.

During the road widening works the cross was moved to the Bowes Museum for safekeeping.