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HER Number: | MDV7393 |
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Name: | Little Sherberton Cross, Dartmoor Forest |
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Summary
A modern moorland-type cross which looks old. Apparently a memorial set up in 1928/9 to Christopher Holman Richards who drowned in the river, aged 9.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 639 737 |
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Map Sheet: | SX67SW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX 67 SW 282
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/87
- Pastscape: 620601
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CROSS (XX - 1928 AD to 1928 AD (Between))
Full description
Masson Phillips, E. N., 1977, Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon Manuscript (Un-published). SDV307734.
Masson Phillips, E. N., 1979, Supplementary notes on the ancient stone crosses of Devon, 140 (Article in Serial). SDV240506.
Little Sherberton Cross. A modern moorland-type cross which looks old. Apparently a drowning memorial.
Stanbrook, E., 2003, Ancient and Modern; Anniversaries for Two Dartmoor Crosses, 30-31 (Article in Serial). SDV263047.
Erected in the winter of 1928/9, in memory of Christopher Holman Richards, a nine year old boy who drowned in the river on 18 August 1928 during a summer holiday.
National Monument Record, 2016, Pastscape, Accessed 08/08/2016 (Website). SDV359354.
Cross, shaped and erected, subsequent to the drowning of a nine year child in 1928 (Citing Hemery, 1983).
A granite cross, at SX6398 7379, is set into the ground and surrounded by a 1 metre square kerb of small moorstones. The cross is 1.1 metres high and 0.2 metres square in section with arms 0.4 metres across. It has a much weathered w face and could be mistaken for a much earlier cross taken from an inset position and re-used (Citing Quinnell, N. V., Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England, 3/3/1988).
Sources / Further Reading
SDV240506 | Article in Serial: Masson Phillips, E. N.. 1979. Supplementary notes on the ancient stone crosses of Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 111. A5 Paperback. 140. |
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SDV263047 | Article in Serial: Stanbrook, E.. 2003. Ancient and Modern; Anniversaries for Two Dartmoor Crosses. Dartmoor Magazine. 71. Digital. 30-31. |
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SDV307734 | Un-published: Masson Phillips, E. N.. 1977. Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon Manuscript. Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon Manuscript. Unknown. |
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SDV359354 | Website: National Monument Record. 2016. Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk. Website. Accessed 08/08/2016. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Aug 8 2016 11:12AM |
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