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| HER Number: | MDV7072 |
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| Name: | Cross in the churchyard, Woodleigh |
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Summary
A socket stone is built into the east wall of the lynchgate north east of the churchyard. A block of granite, square, built in flush with the wall surface, above ground level. The socket hole is rectangular and is unusual in that it completely pierces the stone (masson phillips). Vis=22/7/1986 (os). The square granite socket stone set vertically into the lychgate wall measures 0.7m across and 0.3m thick with a rectangular socket 0.25m by 0.2m (os).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 738 488 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX74NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Woodleigh |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WOODLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX74NW/3/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV155494.
Masson phillips, e. /tda/86(1954)191/supplementary notes on the ancient stone crosses of devon (4th paper).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV155495.
Osa=sx74nw4/photograph.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.
A socket stone is built into the east wall of the lynchgate north east of the churchyard. A block of granite, square, built in flush with the wall surface, above ground level. The socket hole is rectangular and is unusual in that it completely pierces the stone (masson phillips). Vis=22/7/1986 (os). The square granite socket stone set vertically into the lychgate wall measures 0.7m across and 0.3m thick with a rectangular socket 0.25m by 0.2m (os).
Watson, A., 2007-2017?, Devon Crosses, 524, (Vol 4), sketch (Un-published). SDV360833.
Woodleigh Churchyard SX738488
A granite socket stone is built into the east wall of the lych gate, north-east of the church. A square socket stone built in flush with the wall surface, above ground level. The socket hole is square completely pierces the stone.
Socket stone 0.66 by 0.66 metres by 0.27 metres high. Socket hole 0.24 by 0.22 metres.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV155494 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV155495 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV24 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV360833 | Un-published: Watson, A.. 2007-2017?. Devon Crosses. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. 524, (Vol 4), sketch. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 22 2018 2:10PM |
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