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Summary

Wayside cross situated 40 metres south of a long established track running between Buckfast and Tavistock abbeys. Cross comprises the head of a Latin cross mounted on a modern shaft and set up in the original, roughly square socket stone. The medieval cross-head is 0.6 metres high by 0.6 metres wide, the modern shaft measures 1.3 metres high and the socket stone is 0.8 metres square and at least 0.3 metres thick.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008720: Wayside cross 910m ESE of Crazy Well Pool
• SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of a section of the late 18th century Devonport Leat running from Raddick Hill to Nun's Cross, including extensive tinning remains at Cramber Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE1
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440023
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/122
• Old SAM Ref: 22386

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WAYSIDE CROSS (Early Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1999 AD (Between))

Full description

Crossing, W., 1902, The Ancient Stone Crosses of Dartmoor, 87 (Monograph). SDV178385.

Masson Phillips, E. N., 1937, The Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon: Part I, 315 (Article in Serial). SDV240502.

Type A. The upper portion (head and arms) of a cross of rough rectangular section, set up on a slender modern shaft, in "the ancient roughly square socket-stone".

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE1 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV252722.

Cross on Walkhampton Common. On the moor, about a mile east of Classenwell Pool.
Height 1.8 metres, width across arms 0.6 metres, depth 0.4 metres. The socket stone in which the cross stands is 0.8 metres square, and 0.3 metres deep.

Ordnance Survey, 1963-1996, 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric (Cartographic). SDV350058.

SX 5917 7029: Cross (NR) (restored) (1963 historic map).

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX57SE1 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV268102.

(12/08/1977) The Medieval cross head is 0.6m high and 0.6m wide, mounted on 1.3 metres of modern shaft. The base is 0.8m square and 0.3m thick. Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD.

Starkey, F. H., 1983, Dartmoor Crosses and Some Ancient Tracks, 41 (Monograph). SDV345128.

The head and arms and the upper part of the shaft of this cross are original; the lower section of the shaft is a replacement. The cross has no specific name. It stands circa 50 yards to the south-east of a rough track which runs approximately north-west to south-east across Walkhampton Common.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130900, 6/5/1993 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Wayside cross situated 40 metres south of a long established track between Buckfast and Tavistock Abbeys. Survives as the head of a Latin cross mounted on a modern shaft and set up in the original roughly square socket stone. The medieval cross head is 0.6 metres high by 0.6 metres wide, the modern shaft measures 1.3 metres high and the socket stone is 0.8 metres square and at least 0.3 metres thick.
The date of repair does not appear in published literature was certainly some time after 1902 when it was described by Crossing as broken with the head lying beside the socket stone in which it was once fixed. It was also noted that the socket stone had been moved and was lying in a sloping position. It is possible that the cross itself was damaged when this occurred.

Wessex Archaeology, 2002, Cramber Tor Training Area Rapid Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV354588.

Cramber Tor Survey 2002, Site WA204.

Newman, P., 2006, Cramber Tor Training Area Archaeological Field Investigation (Report - Survey). SDV233640.

(01/08/2006) As described by Ordnance Survey (1977). The cross remains upright.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

'Cross (restored)' is depicted on the modern mapping.

Historic England, 2016, National Heritage List for England, Accessed 27/06/2016 (National Heritage List for England). SDV359353.

This monument includes a wayside cross situated 40m south of a long established track running between Buckfast and Tavistock abbeys, and lies on a gentle south facing slope overlooking Newleycombe Lake. The monument survives as the head of a Latin cross mounted on a modern shaft and set up in the original, roughly square socket stone. The medieval cross-head is 0.6m high by 0.6m wide, the modern shaft measures 1.3m high and the socket stone is 0.8m square and at least 0.3m thick.
Despite limited damage, the wayside cross 910m ESE of Crazy Well Pool survives comparatively well with the socket stone, head and arms and the upper part of the shaft all being original. This cross remains in its original position alongside the track running between Buckfast and Tavistock abbeys.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7382 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
• EDV6153 - Monument Baseline Condition Survey in the Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV8711 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area

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