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| HER Number: | MDV6144 |
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| Name: | Worked Stone on road from Gidleigh Parish Church to Chapple |
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Summary
A medieval architectural fragment now used as a gatepost. The piece of worked granite stone was previously thought to be part of a cross.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 670 885 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Gidleigh |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GIDLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68NE20
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443536
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/29
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Early Medieval to XVI - 1066 AD (Between) to 1540 AD (Between))
Full description
Masson Phillips, E. N., 1937, The Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon: Part I, 332 (Article in Serial). SDV240502.
(SX 67058851). On the left-hand side of the road from Gidleigh Church to Chapple is a peculiarly worked stone in use as a gatepost. It is a tapering granite shaft of rectangular section, with edges chamfered at intervals up the shaft, and a small hole in the top. It is not possible to state definitely that it is a cross-shaft.
Worth, R. H., 1949, The Moorstone Age, Part 1, 321 (Article in Serial). SDV274816.
In the village at the southern end of the footpath which leads to Moortown, there is a gatepost. A dressed stone, square in section, with an interrupted chamfer at each angle. At the top is a drilled hole, indicating that there was a spill for the attachment of a finial. Probably a deposed pinnacle from Gidleigh Church, where the bases still stand.
Worth, R. H., 1950, The Moorstone Age, Part 2, 342 plate c (Article in Serial). SDV336081.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951/1974, SX68NE20 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV273386.
(07/11/1951) Gate Post made from part of a pinnacle of Gidleigh Church (citing Worth, R. H., 07/12/1948).
(04/07/1974) SX 67058852. The stone which is still a gatepost is 1.2 metres high and 0.2 metres square. Its original purpose is not clear but it is almost certainly not a cross shaft.
Positioned on 1:2500.
Masson Phillips, E. N., 1954, Supplementary Notes on the Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon (Fourth Paper), 179 (Article in Serial). SDV15725.
Not a cross shaft, portion of a pinnacle, probably from tower of Gidleigh Church.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV15725 | Article in Serial: Masson Phillips, E. N.. 1954. Supplementary Notes on the Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon (Fourth Paper). Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 86. A5 Hardback. 179. |
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| SDV240502 | Article in Serial: Masson Phillips, E. N.. 1937. The Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon: Part I. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 69. A5 Hardback. 332. |
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| SDV273386 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1951/1974. SX68NE20. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV274816 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1949. The Moorstone Age, Part 1. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 81. A5 Hardback. 321. |
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| SDV336081 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1950. The Moorstone Age, Part 2. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 82. A5 Hardback. 342 plate c. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV6128 | Related to: Church of the Holy Trinity, Gidleigh (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 24 2022 12:38PM |
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