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| HER Number: | MDV127444 |
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| Name: | Inscribed memorial stone from Buckland Monachorum |
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Summary
Granite stone, 1.75m high inscribed close to the edge of the stone. The inscription appears to read DAPONNIC-- NASC FI, translated as Dapannicius son of Nascus.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 490 680 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX46NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland Monachorum |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND MONACHORUM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- INSCRIBED STONE (Origin, V to VIII - 401 AD to 800 AD (Between))
Full description
Greeves, T., 2000, Inscribed Stone at Buckland Monachorum (Correspondence). SDV352233.
Drawing of stone with interpretation of the possible letters as reading Nascus, son of Daponnicius.
Greeves, T., 2008, The Start of History. Two Inscribed Stones From Western Dartmoor, 9-10 (Article in Serial). SDV352431.
Granite stone, 1.75m high inscribed close to the edge of the stone. The inscription appears to read DAPONNIC-- NASC FI, translated as Dapannicius son of Nascus.
The stone was used in recent times as a post for a linhay. Two other contemporary stones also from Buckland Monachorum are now in the vicarage garden in Tavistock.
Current location of stone unknown.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV352233 | Correspondence: Greeves, T.. 2000. Inscribed Stone at Buckland Monachorum. Letter + Drawing. A4 Stapled + Digital. |
| SDV352431 | Article in Serial: Greeves, T.. 2008. The Start of History. Two Inscribed Stones From Western Dartmoor. Dartmoor Magazine. 91. Photocopy + Digital. 9-10. [Mapped feature: #124050 Exact location unknown. Map object arbitrary, based on this source, ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 5 2020 1:03PM |
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