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Summary

A socket stone lies in the garden of Rocklands, Chulmleigh. A socket stone octagonal in shape with a chamfered top edge, with a square socket hole.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1106741: CROSS-BASE CIRCA 5 METRES SOUTH EAST OF ROCKLANDS HOUSE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS61SE/5

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CROSS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

PARTLY FILLED WITH CONCRETE TO MAKE A BIRD BATH, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV69266.

Cross in the garden at rooklands. Type b. A socket-stone, octagonal in shape, with a square socket-hole (partly filled with concrete to make a bird bath) in the upper surface. Vis=estimated -/-/1938 (phillips). Socket stone square at base with corner shoulders and octagonal above with chamfered top edge. Vis=6/5/1954 (os). Remains located and photographed. Original siting unknown.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV69267.

Osa=ss61se2/photograph and sketch.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV69268.

Phillips, e. M. /tda/71(1939)236.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV69269.

Masson phillips, e. /tda/70(1938)309/the ancient stone crosses of devon pt.2.

Watson, A., 2007-2017?, Devon Crosses, 374, (Vol 3), sketch (Un-published). SDV360833.

Rocklands SS687141
A socket stone lies in the garden of Rocklands, Chulmleigh. A socket stone octagonal in shape with a chamfered top edge, with a square socket hole.
Socket stone 0.86 metres by 0.38 metres high (octagonal). Socket hole 0.31 by 0.31 metres by 0.10 metres deep.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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