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Summary

Cross at whiddon house, abbotskerswell, type b or c. A socket stone square at base, with corner shoulders and octagonal above with a chamfered top edge. The socket-hole is square. Vis=17/11/1952(os) socket-stone now forms part of an ornamental garden rockery. Remains are of granite. Original site unknown.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX86NE/14

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Cross at whiddon house, abbotskerswell, type b or c. A socket stone square at base, with corner shoulders and octagonal above with a chamfered top edge. The socket-hole is square. Vis=17/11/1952(os) socket-stone now forms part of an ornamental garden rockery. Remains are of granite. Original site unknown.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV299320.

Masson phillips, e. /tda/71(1939)234/supplementary notes on the ancient stone crosses of devon 1st paper.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV299321.

Osa=sx86ne13/photograph.

Watson, A., 2007-2017?, Devon Crosses, 509, (Vol 4), sketch, photographs x 4 (Un-published). SDV360833.

Whiddon House SX860677
A socket stone lies in the garden of Cross at Whiddon House, Abbotskerswell, left of the approach to the house. Square at the base, with corner shoulders and octagonal above with a chamfered top edge. Has a square socket hole.
Socket stone 0.76 by 0.76 metres by 0.30 metres high. Socket hole 0.30 by 0.30 metres by 0.10 metres deep. Colour photographs (x 4) included with report.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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