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Summary

Merton Cross stands beside the main road through Merton, near the school. Named ‘The Monck Stone’. The cross with arms missing, is set in a large roughly oblong boulder, which bears a plaque. Erected in 2009, commemorating the 400th anniversary of General George Monck 1608-1670. The cross was originally at Great Potheridge, about two miles north-west of Merton, a Domesday estate, the monks owned Great Potheridge as early as the reign on Henry II (1154-1189), the house was rebuilt inn 1660-70, and almost entirely demolished 1734.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CROSS (Constructed, XXI to Unknown - 2009 AD (Post))

Full description

Watson, A., 2007-2017?, Devon Crosses, 303, (Vol 3), sketch (Un-published). SDV360833.

Merton Cross SS527121
Merton Cross stands beside (east of) the main road through Merton, near the school. Named ‘The Monck Stone’. The cross with arms missing, is set in a large roughly oblong boulder, which bears a plaque (see below for inscription), the shaft is rectangular in section, chamfered and tapers slightly upwards, it has a raised cross on its northern side, between the missing arms. Erected in 2009, commemorating the 400th anniversary of General George Monck 1608-1670. The cross was originally at Great Potheridge, about two miles north-west of Merton, a Domesday estate, the monks owned Great Potheridge as early as the reign on Henry II (1154-1189), the house was rebuilt inn 1660-70, and almost entirely demolished 1734.
Cross height 1.14 metres, width at top 0.27 by 0.20 metres, at bottom 0.30 by 0.22 metres. Raised cross height 0.63 metres, span 0.25 metres. Width 5.08 centimetres.
Boulder length 1.45 metres by 0.53 metres high and 0.45 metres wide (approximately).
Inscription:
THE MONCK STONE
THIS CROSS ORIGINALY FROM
GREAT POTHERIDGE WAS ERECTED HERE IN 2009
TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF
GENERAL GEORGE MONCK 1608-1670
AN ACCLAIMED SON OF MERTON
HE IS HONOURED FOR HIS ROLE IN THE
RESTORATION OF THE MONARCHY IN 1660
AS THE FOUNDING COLONEL OF
THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS
‘VICTOR SINE SANGUINE’

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Cross is visible on the aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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