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Horn's Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Devon, England. The monument dates from the medieval period and represents the type of stone cross that would have served as a marker along travelled routes, potentially functioning as a meeting point, boundary marker, or object of devotion. The cross survives as a standing stone monument, indicative of the widespread network of such crosses that characterised the Devon landscape during the Middle Ages. Such monuments are valuable indicators of medieval settlement patterns and the organisation of space in rural Devon.
Horn's Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019221. View the official record →
Horn's Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019221.
Horn's 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 1019221.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn west of Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball (9.7 km), Cairn above the south-west bank of the East Glaze Brook (9.7 km), Multiple stone alignment and associated cairns west of Glasscombe Upper Plantation (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Horn's Cross'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.
Horn's Cross stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.