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Hillerton Cross

England
List entry 1015461
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015461
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 71994 98141
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hillerton Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Devon, England. The monument consists of a stone cross shaft and base, characteristic of the type of devotional markers that were erected along routes and at settlement boundaries throughout medieval Devon. Such crosses typically served both religious and practical functions, marking routes for travellers and serving as focal points for local communities. The precise dating of Hillerton Cross places it within the medieval period, when the construction and maintenance of wayside crosses was widespread across southwest England.

Hillerton Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015461. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Hillerton Cross?

Hillerton Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015461.

Who is responsible for protecting Hillerton Cross?

Hillerton 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 1015461.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hillerton Cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prestonbury Castle (hillfort) (8.6 km), Warren in Whiddon Park (9 km), Cranbrook Castle (9.3 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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Prestonbury Castle (hillfort)
8.6 km
Warren in Whiddon Park
9 km
Cranbrook Castle
9.3 km
Circular enclosure 290m north of Great Parford
9.4 km
Wooston Castle
9.7 km
Stone hut circle 140m north west of Higher Shilstone
10 km
Gidleigh Castle (remains of)
10.9 km
Chambered cairn 430m south of Buttern
11 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hillerton Cross

Hillerton Cross stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Hillerton Cross

ExeterRoman town · ~12.8 miles
Domesday entry for Natson, Devon →
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