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| HER Number: | MDV2226 |
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| Name: | Brokencrosse, Roborough Down |
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Summary
Not accurately located; record of cross known as 'Brokencrosse' on Roborough Down. Recorded on 16th century may of Plymouth Leat.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 50 63 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Bickleigh (SH) |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland Monachorum |
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| District | South Hams |
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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
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SW/33
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CROSS (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Masson Phillips, E. N., 1937, The Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon: Part I, 302 (Article in Serial). SDV240502.
"Brokencrosse". This cross is marked on a late 16th century map of Plymouth Leat. Shown standing between the road (to Tavistock) across Roborough Down and the leat, which at this point runs in a direction roughly parallel with the road.
It is possible that the site of this missing cross is now occupied by a rough tapering block of Roborough Down stone, the top of which is fashioned into a letter "B" cut in relief. A boundary-mark of the parishes of Bickleigh and Buckland Monachorum, situated near the southern extremity of Roborough Down, a short distance east of the main road, nearly opposite the Buckland turning. Suggested that this stone may have replaced the "Brokencrosse".
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. 302. [Mapped feature: #11950 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV19108 | Related to: Plymouth Leat (Dartmoor section) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 19 2016 3:48PM |
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