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| HER Number: | MDV3509 |
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| Name: | Smalacumbacrosse |
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Summary
Cross is also supposed to have been known as Marchants Cross. Worth thinks that Smalacumbecrosse must once have stood close to Ringmoor Cottage, but location is unconfirmed. It may be identical with a cross now standing in Sheepstor village which was brought from a field at Burrator and previously stood in the neighbourhood of the site suggested for Smalacumbecrosse.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 557 666 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Meavy |
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| Civil Parish | Sheepstor |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHEEPSTOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/184
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CROSS (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Worth, R. H., 1942, Marchant's Cross, Meavy, 203 (Article in Serial). SDV251791.
Smalacumbacrosse; it is generally supposed to be that known as Marchants Cross. Worth thinks that Smalacumbecrosse must once have stood close to Ringmoor Cottage, near the head of Smallacombe Lake and a small stream which joins the Meavy below Yeo Farm.
It may be identical with a cross now standing in Sheepstor village which was brought from a field at Burrator and previously stood in the neighbourhood of the site suggested for Smalacumbecrosse.
Masson Phillips, E. N., 1943, Supplementary Notes on the Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon. (Third Paper), 261 (Article in Serial). SDV320746.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV251791 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1942. Marchant's Cross, Meavy. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 74. Unknown. 203. [Mapped feature: #20420 ] |
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| SDV320746 | Article in Serial: Masson Phillips, E. N.. 1943. Supplementary Notes on the Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon. (Third Paper). Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 75. A5 Hardback. 261. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV64750 | Related to: Track from Burracombe Gate to the Whiteworks road near Nun's Cross (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 29 2017 12:09PM |
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