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Summary

Early medieval stone cross in the churchyard of St Albans Parish Church

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX49NE/13/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CROSS (Early Medieval - 1066 AD to 1399 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880s, Ordnance Survey (Cartographic). SDV848.

'Stone Cross (Remains of)' shown on OS 25" against the southern boundary of the graveyard of St Alban's Parish Church in Beaworthy.

Ancient Monuments, 1922, Untitled Source (Site Visit). SDV231717.

Granite, no sign of inscription, a much battered stone. Shaft tapers upwards.

Masson Phillips, E. N., 1937, The Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon: Part I, 330-1 (Article in Serial). SDV240502.

Cross in the churchyard. Type A. A roughly shaped cross of rectangular section rather battered. It was brought from Ashbury Cross, on Broadbury Down, c1880 perhaps moved for safety reasons from Ashbury into the churchyard. Cross stands by the path leading up to the porch of the church. No trace of socket stone is visible. Height 1.5m, arm width 0.52m, shaft measures 0.34 x 0.23m max, 0.28 x 0.10m min.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX49NE6, SX49NE6 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV231718.

Stone Cross situated in the churchyard. "A roughly shaped cross of rectangular section, rather battered. It was brought from Ashbury Cross on Broadbury Down." (Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon Pt 1 330 Masson Phillips, E.)

This cross stands by the path leading up to the porch of the church. It is of the early type, classified as 'A' by E M Phillips whose description is correct. No trace of a socket stone is visible. The cross stands to a height of 1.5 metres. The stubby arms, which are damaged, project only 1 decimetre from the sides of the shaft. The cross is crudely cut from moorland granite. (Site visit, 17/03/1951)

Stone Cross, remains of. (OS 25inch 1905)

No change. (Site visit, 02/06/1974)

Other details: Photograph, Map.

NMR, 1974, Untitled Source (Site Visit). SDV231719.

No change.

Gerrard, H., 1997, Untitled Source (Site Visit). SDV231720.

At SX46109942, 14.1m S of porch and 1.7m from path. Set into boundary bank of churchyard and clearly visible on entrance to church. Roughly hewn simple Latin Cross, made from a single piece of stone. Rectangular in section, 0.42m by 0.25m at base. Overall height 1.5m. Arms 0.52m wide.

Exeter Archaeology, 2004, Summary Archaeological Assessment of the Proposed Site of the new Primary School, Halwill Junction, 3 (Report - Assessment). SDV1968.

Watson, A., 2007-2017?, Devon Crosses, 18, (vol 1), sketch (Un-published). SDV360833.

Beaworthy Churchyard SX461995
A roughly shaped cross stands at the entrance to the churchyard. Rectangular section, rather battered. It was brought from Ashbury Cross, on Broadbury Down.
Height 1.5 metres, Span 0.50 metres.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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