Laidback landmarks

THE market cross in my village of Aldbourne, Wiltshire, has, for generations, been inclined at about 45˚ (right) and its long axis is orientated north/south. It’s cast from one block of stone, so is deliberately inclined rather than just laid over for health-and-safety reasons. No satisfactory explanation has ever been offered for this and no other similar cross has so far been identified. Do any readers know of another example or an explanation? Alan Heasman, Wiltshire