Beatland Corner socket stone: a wayside cross 900m south east of Shaugh Prior church

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History & significance

Beatland Corner socket stone is a wayside cross located approximately 900 metres south-east of Shaugh Prior church in Devon. The monument consists of a stone socket in which a cross shaft was formerly mounted, a common form of wayside cross found throughout medieval Devon and the south-west of England. Such crosses typically served as waymarkers or meeting points along routes through moorland and rural areas, and this example is believed to date to the medieval period, though the precise century of its erection remains uncertain. The socket stone represents an important survivng element of Devon's medieval landscape infrastructure, even though the upper portions of the cross itself have been lost.

Beatland Corner socket stone: a wayside cross 900m south east of Shaugh Prior church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009185. View the official record →

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