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Summary

There is a cross in the churchyard at the south corner of the parish church of st michael, pinhoe. Type b-c. A socket-stone, square at the base with corner shoulders and octagonal above with a chamfered top edge, bears a shaft, square at the base and octagonal above rounded stops. It tapers upwards, and the head and arms expand slightly outwards. It is said to have been buried during the civil war, and so preserved from damage.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99SE/33

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CROSS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV25012.

There is a cross in the churchyard at the south corner of the parish church of st michael, pinhoe. Type b-c. A socket-stone, square at the base with corner shoulders and octagonal above with a chamfered top edge, bears a shaft, square at the base and octagonal above rounded stops. It tapers upwards, and the head and arms expand slightly outwards. It is said to have been buried during the civil war, and so preserved from damage.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV25013.

Masson phillips, e. N. /tda/70(1938)316/the ancient stone crosses of devon, part 2.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV25014.

Osa=sx99se1.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV25015.

Cresswell, b. F. /tda/47(1915)190/churchyard and wayside crosses in the neighbourhood of exeter.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV25016.

Des=slide in smr/(-/2/1984).

Watson, A., 2007-2017?, Devon Crosses, 349, (Vol 3), sketch (Un-published). SDV360833.

Pinhoe Churchyard SX955949
A cross stands in the churchyard south of the church. A socket-stone, square at the base with corner shoulders and octagonal above with a chamfered top edge. It bears a shaft, square at the base and octagonal above rounded stops. It tapers upwards, and the head and arms expand slightly outwards. This is a perfect and complete cross. It was buried during the Civil War, and so preserved from damage.
Cross height 2.26 metres, span 0.60 metres. Base 0.33 by 0.30 metres. Socket stone 0.88 by 0.91 by 0.38 metres high.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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