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| HER Number: | MDV4658 |
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| Name: | Widgery Cross, Brat Tor |
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Summary
Widgery cross, Brat Tor. Not an ancient cross, but erected by Widgery, the artist in 1887 to commemorate the Jubilee year of Queen Victoria.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 539 855 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Lydford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NW/23
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CROSS (XIX - 1887 AD to 1887 AD (Between))
Full description
Masson Phillips, E. N., 1937, The Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon: Part I, 311 (Article in Serial). SDV240502.
Widgery Cross, Battor. Not an ancient cross, but erected by Widgery, the artist in 1887 to commemorate the Jubilee year of Queen Victoria. A Latin cross built up of small roughly cut blocks, set up on the rock on the summit of the tor. On one side of the base stone of the shaft is the incised inscription "W. Widgery,fecit. Jubilee. V. R. ".
Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.
'Wigery Cross' is depicted on the modern mapping at Brat Tor.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV240502 | Article in Serial: Masson Phillips, E. N.. 1937. The Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon: Part I. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 69. A5 Hardback. 311. |
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| SDV359352 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #28329 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV103811 | Related to: Hunter Memorial, Black Rock, Lydford (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 21 2016 1:51PM |
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