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Summary

Brownie cross, on a grass patch, near a signpost, in the centre of the road junction where the road from bickleigh meets the plympton - cadover road. Type a. A roughly-shaped octagonal socket stone, tilted on one side and partly buried, with a rectangular socket-hole. Some stones which may have formed a pedestal may also be seen (masson phillips 1937).

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1309474: REMAINS OF CROSS

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SW/9
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

MASSON PHILLIPS 1937, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV155599.

Brownie cross, on a grass patch, near a signpost, in the centre of the road junction where the road from bickleigh meets the plympton - cadover road. Type a. A roughly-shaped octagonal socket stone, tilted on one side and partly buried, with a rectangular socket-hole. Some stones which may have formed a pedestal may also be seen (masson phillips 1937).

MASSON PHILLIPS 1959, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163902.

Cleared during 1958. Decided to be type b, not a (masson phillips 1959).

NMR CITING STARKEY, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163906.

Starkey suggests that a cross head found near truelove farm may be part of the missing browney cross shaft (nmr citing starkey).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163907.

Masson phillips, e. /tda/69(1937)306/the ancient stone crosses of devon, part i.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163908.

Masson phillips, e. /tda/91(1959)88 pl.21/supplementary notes on the ancient stone crosses of devon.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163909.

Osa=sx56sw18.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163910.

Crossing, w. /the old stone crosses of the dartmoor borders/(1884)45-46.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163911.

Masson phillips, e. N. /tda/111(1979)141.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163912.

Doe/hhr:south hams(2/2/1984)39.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163913.

Des=worksheet/(goodyear,afu,1990).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163914.

Emafu report/89.15(2.4. V)fig 4.19.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163915.

Masson phillips, e. N. /tda/119(1987)244/supplementary notes on the ancient stone crosses of devon(eighth paper).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163916.

Turton, s. D. + weddell, p. J. /an archaeological assessment of the south devon spine main(roborough to littlehempston)/(1989)5/(emafu report 89.15).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163917.

Reed, s. J. /archaeological recording on the sww south devon spine main (roborough to littlehempston)/(1991)3/(emafu report 91.36).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163918.

Starkey, f. H. /dartmoor crosses/(1973)50.

Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV326057.

Probably medieval. Roughly hewn granite. Pile of stones are the remains of the shaft and base of the cross which is said, on a plaque, to mark the route of an ancient track from plympton priory to sampford spiney (doe).

Masson Phillips, E. N., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV5785.

Browney cross. May represent the 'maynstoncrossa' referred to in the foundation deed of buckfast abbey. See sx55nw/32 (masson phillips).

Watson, A., 2007-2017?, Devon Crosses, 64, (Vol 1), sketch (Un-published). SDV360833.

Brownie Cross SX545609
The remains of Brownie Cross stands on a grassy patch, in the centre of the road junction where the road from Bickleigh meets the Plymouth - Cadover road. A roughly-shaped, octagonal socket stone, with a rectangular socket-hole. Three shaped stones of the pedestal remain, indicating that it was octagonal in shape. The socket stone and the remains of the pedestal were cleared by the County roads department in 1958. The site was again cleared and improved in 1973 and a tablet giving information as to the significance of the cross was set up by the Plymouth and District Civic Society.
Socket stone 1.14 by 1.14 by 0.40 metres high. Socket hole 0.40 by 0.33 metres.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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