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Higher Combe cross: a wayside cross in a field 250m east of Higher Combe

England
List entry 1009181
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009181
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SX 77764 82535
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Higher Combe cross is a wayside cross located in open land approximately 250 metres east of Higher Combe in Devon. The monument survives as a stone cross of medieval date, representing the class of wayside crosses that marked routes and boundaries across the Devon landscape during the medieval period. Such crosses served multiple functions within rural communities, including acting as waymarkers for travellers, assembly points, and territorial markers. The cross remains a significant record of medieval religious and social practice in Devon's countryside.

Higher Combe cross: a wayside cross in a field 250m east of Higher Combe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009181. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Higher Combe cross: a wayside cross in a field 250m east of Higher Combe?

Higher Combe cross is a wayside cross located in open land approximately 250 metres east of Higher Combe in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009181.

Who is responsible for protecting Higher Combe cross: a wayside cross in a field 250m east of Higher Combe?

Higher Combe cross: a wayside cross in a field 250m east of Higher Combe 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 1009181.

What other scheduled monuments are near Higher Combe cross: a wayside cross in a field 250m east of Higher Combe?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circles E of the Saddle Tor (6.6 km), Cairn 240m north of Crownley Parks (6.7 km), Seven Lords' Lands round barrow (7.3 km).

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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
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hut circles E of the Saddle Tor
6.6 km
Cairn 240m north of Crownley Parks
6.7 km
Seven Lords' Lands round barrow
7.3 km
Huts and fields NE of Rippon Tor
7.3 km
Two stone hut circles 80m and 130m north of Rippon Tor
7.5 km
Foale's Arrishes, huts and fields, Blackslade Down
7.7 km
Two stone hut circles and a length of boundary walling 250m west of Rippon Tor
7.7 km
Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Halshanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system
7.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Higher Combe cross: a wayside cross in a field 250m east of Higher Combe

Higher Combe cross: a wayside cross in a field 250m east of Higher Combe stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Higher Combe cross: a wayside cross in a field 250m east of Higher Combe

ExeterRoman town · ~10.8 miles
Domesday entry for Wray, Devon →
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