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Cross in grounds of Stentaway House, Billacombe is a medieval stone cross located in Devon. The monument survives as a substantial upright stone structure of the type commonly erected during the medieval period, likely serving a commemorative, territorial, or wayside function. Such crosses frequently marked boundaries, assembly points, or sites of local significance within their communities. The cross remains an important record of medieval material culture and settlement patterns in the Billacombe area.
Cross in grounds of Stentaway House, Billacombe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003834. View the official record →
Cross in grounds of Stentaway House, Billacombe is a medieval stone cross located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003834.
Cross in grounds of Stentaway House, Billacombe 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 1003834.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Burrow Hill (1 km), Fort Stamford (2.6 km), Mount Batten: prehistoric and Romano-British settlement (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross in grounds of Stentaway House, Billacombe's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cross in grounds of Stentaway House, Billacombe stands on Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is limestone, mudstone and calcareous mudstone.