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Foxton Cross

England
List entry 1002559
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002559
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 61198 69466
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Foxton Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Devon, England. The monument survives as a stone cross shaft and base, representing the type of market or village cross common to Devon settlements during the medieval period. Such crosses typically served as focal points for community gathering, trade, and religious observance. The cross stands as evidence of medieval settlement patterns and the importance of these structures within the social and commercial landscape of Devon communities.

Foxton Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002559. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Foxton Cross?

Foxton Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002559.

Who is responsible for protecting Foxton Cross?

Foxton Cross 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 1002559.

What other scheduled monuments are near Foxton Cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of two cairns north-east of Harford Moor Gate (10.2 km), One of two cairns north-east of Harford Moor Gate (10.3 km), Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (10.4 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

One of two cairns north-east of Harford Moor Gate
10.2 km
One of two cairns north-east of Harford Moor Gate
10.3 km
Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm
10.4 km
Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down
10.6 km
Butterdon Hill stone alignment and cairn
10.6 km
Cairn south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor
10.7 km
One of several cairns south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor
10.8 km
One of several cairns south-west of Spurrell's Cross
10.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Foxton Cross

Foxton Cross stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Foxton Cross

ExeterRoman town · ~23.9 miles
Domesday entry for Meavy, meavy and Meavy, Devon →
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