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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, indicating the former presence of a cross shaft, typical of medieval wayside markers that served both religious and practical functions for travellers in the landscape. Such crosses, positioned at prominent points along routes and boundaries, were common features of the medieval period in Devon and the South West, though this example survives now only as its stone base. The socket stone represents the archaeological remains of what was once a more substantial monument, its preservation reflecting the durable character of its stone construction.
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 →
Beatland Corner socket stone is a wayside cross located approximately 900 metres south-east of Shaugh Prior church in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009185.
Beatland Corner socket stone: a wayside cross 900m south east of Shaugh Prior church is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1009185.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Plympton Castle (6.6 km), Laira Emplacement, immediately south west of Laira Battery (7.1 km), Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House (8.7 km).
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Beatland Corner socket stone: a wayside cross 900m south east of Shaugh Prior church stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.