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Summary

Two short lengths of cross shaft stand in the ground at the base of the wall on the left side of the entrance to Saint John’s Avenue, Tavistock, near the junction to Tavistock to Whitchurch road.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CROSS? (Constructed, XV to Post Medieval - 1401 AD? to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Watson, A., 2007-2017?, Devon Crosses, 631, (Vol 5), sketch (Un-published). SDV360833.

Saint John’s Avenue SX482745
Two short lengths of cross shaft stand in the ground at the base of the wall on the left side of the entrance to Saint John’s Avenue, Tavistock, near the junction to Tavistock to Whitchurch road. Fragment ‘A’, nearest the road, is slightly tapered with chamfered edges, and its top is rounded off. Frgamnet ‘B’ has hollow chamfered edges and a hook secured in its top.
Fragment A: shaft height measured as 0.27 metres (in the 1980s), height 0.17 metres, width 0.22 metres (when visited in 2010).
Fragment B: shaft height measured as 0.33 metres (in the 1980s), height 0.22 metres, width 0.20 metres (when visited in 2010).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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