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Summary

Lies close to the junction of lanes from Leigh Bridge and from Yeo. A socket stone, approximately circular in shape, with a rectangular socket hole which completely penetrates the stone. It is set up on edge in the hedgebank and serves as gate-post.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE49
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443623
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/44
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX68NE49

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CROSS (Constructed, Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD? (Between))
• GATE (Early 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1901 AD (Between) to 1999 AD (Between))

Full description

Masson Phillips, E. N., 1938, The Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon: Part II, 305 (Article in Serial). SDV6308.

Cross. Gatepost in the lane near Teigncombe, 3 kilometres west of Chagford, close to the junction of lanes from Leigh Bridge and from Yeo. Type A. A socket stone, approximately circular in shape, with a rectangular socket hole which completely penetrates the stone. It is set up on edge in the hedgebank and serves as gate-post.

Masson Phillips, E. N., 1954, Supplementary Notes on the Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon (Fourth Paper), 175-6 (Article in Serial). SDV15725.

Socket stone belonged to cross now standing west of Leigh Bridge. Information from note made by Worth dated 1928.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1974, SX68NE49 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV274245.

(07/07/1974) SX 6737 8715 the crossbase is 1.1 metres in diameter with a 0.4 metre by 0.3 metre socket. The gateway has been widened since the photograph was taken and the base is slightly repositioned. See new photograph 7/78.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Starkey, F. H., 1983, Dartmoor Crosses and Some Ancient Tracks, 78-80 (Monograph). SDV345128.

A circular slab of granite perforated by a rectangular hole about a foot square. This is almost certainly the base of a wayside cross. Mr Somers Cocks believes that this base belongs to the cross near Leigh Bridge and that the cross originally stood at Teigncombe.

Greeves, T. A. P., 1983, Socket stone at Teigncombe, 6/7/1983 (Worksheet). SDV274257.

SX6737 8715. Socket stone at Teigncombe. Built into the east side of gateway at above grid reference.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(10/07/1990)

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

'Cross (remains of)' is depicted on the modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8653 - Teigncombe Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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