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Summary

Vis=estimated -/-/1920 (ancient monuments) ancient cross at bridgetown between meeth and iddesleigh. Granite, type b. , a rudely fashioned, weathered cross of octagonal section, the shaft overgrown with ivy and in need of clearing. Irregular, its shaft increasing in breadth and depth downwards. No inscription. Inclined, though looks safe. In good condition. In 1900 the cross had lain in two pieces, but was repaired and replaced in position by the then lord iddesleigh. Vis=6/11/1972 (os). A medieval stone cross cracked and recemented across the shaft. There is no cross base and cross is leaning towards south. Vis=wayside cross. Late medieval. Granite latin cross with tapering shaft which has chamfered edges.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1165986: CROSS AT SS 554074

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS50NE/3
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ancient Monuments, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV273895.

Vis=estimated -/-/1920 (ancient monuments) ancient cross at bridgetown between meeth and iddesleigh. Granite, type b. , a rudely fashioned, weathered cross of octagonal section, the shaft overgrown with ivy and in need of clearing. Irregular, its shaft increasing in breadth and depth downwards. No inscription. Inclined, though looks safe. In good condition. In 1900 the cross had lain in two pieces, but was repaired and replaced in position by the then lord iddesleigh. Vis=6/11/1972 (os). A medieval stone cross cracked and recemented across the shaft. There is no cross base and cross is leaning towards south. Vis=wayside cross. Late medieval. Granite latin cross with tapering shaft which has chamfered edges.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV273896.

Masson phillips, e. /tda/70(1938)314/the ancient stone crosses of devon, part 2.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV273897.

Osa=ss50ne1/photo.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV273898.

Doe/hhr:iddesleigh/(29/2/1988)58.

Watson, A., 2007-2017?, Devon Crosses, 57, (Vol 1), Sketch (Un-published). SDV360833.

Bridgetown SS555074
Cross stands beside the road to Bridgetown Farm, on the road from Iddesleigh to Meeth, about 1 mile south-west of Iddesleigh, on the east side of the river Torridge. A rudely fashioned, weathered cross of octagonal section, the shaft has been fractured below the arms.
Cross height: 1.88 metres, span 0.48 metres.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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