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| HER Number: | MDV3611 |
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| Name: | Cross on crossroads on the road to Two Bridges |
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Summary
Site of a cross, removed to the green in front of Buckfast Abbey Church in the early-mid 20th century.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 513 746 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Whitchurch |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WHITCHURCH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SW/19
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CROSS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Masson Phillips, E. N., 1937, The Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon: Part I, 314 (Article in Serial). SDV240502.
Cross, stands at the crossroads 4 kilometres from Tavistock, on the road to Two Bridges. Type B. The upper portion of a cross of octagonal section (hollow chamfered) with one arm broken away. The other arm and the head are intact and are straight, as is the shaft. At present buried under the garden in front of the window of the old smithy.
Masson Phillips, E. N., 1938, The Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon: Part II, 304 (Article in Serial). SDV6308.
Unearthed in 1938 and re-erected in the vicinity by the Dartmoor Preservation Association. Now set up in the circular green in front of Buckfast Abbey Church.
Masson Phillips, E. N., 1943, Supplementary Notes on the Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon. (Third Paper), 261 (Article in Serial). SDV320746.
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. 314. |
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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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| SDV6308 | Article in Serial: Masson Phillips, E. N.. 1938. The Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon: Part II. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 70. A5 Hardback. 304. [Mapped feature: #21061 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV7847 | Related to: Stone cross west of St. Mary's Abbey Church, Buckfast (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 21 2016 12:16PM |
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