A wayside cross is a cross by a footpath, track or road, at an intersection, along the edge of a field or in a forest. It can be made of wood, stone or metal. Stone crosses may also be conciliation crosses. Often they serve as waymarks for walkers and pilgrims or designate dangerous places.
Sagemont Church Cross at the intersection of Beltway 8 and Interstate 45 in Houston, Texas, US. It was inaugurated in 2009 and measures 51.82 meters.
Wayside cross near Grod, Beinwil (Freiamt), Switzerland
Croix de la Brassée in Guillac, Morbihan
Croix du Valet in Caro, Morbihan
Pilgrims' Cross, Holcombe Moor
Pilgrims' Cross, Holcombe Moor, also called Whowell's Cross and Chatterton's Cross, is located on Holcombe Moor near Ramsbottom and Holcombe, Greater Manchester, England. It marks the site of a 12th-century stone wayside cross, originally placed for the use of travellers, for prayer and as a guide post.
Pilgrims' Cross, Holcombe Moor
The original foundation stone of the Pilgrim's Cross
Pilgrim's Cross, in 1910
The memorial monument being carried through Holcombe on 24 May 1902