✝️ Lilla Cross

The Lilla Cross is a marker stone on Lilla's Howe, Fylingdales Moor, in North Yorkshire, England. King Edwin of Northumbria is said to have placed the cross there to mark the grave of Lilla, one of his thegns who saved his life during an assassination attempt. Whilst the current cross is believed to date to the 10th century, the original was placed there in 626. The Lilla Cross is the oldest marker of its type on the North York Moors. It marks the intersection of pathways across the moor, the edges of four parishes and is also a waymarker on the Lyke Wake Walk.