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Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott

England
List entry 1009192
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009192
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 71368 86437
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Shorter Cross is a wayside cross located on the north side of a minor road approximately 350 metres north west of Middlecott in Devon, England. The monument is a medieval stone cross, typical of the numerous religious and directional markers that were erected throughout Devon during the medieval period to serve both spiritual and practical functions for travellers and pilgrims. The cross survives as a standing monument and is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument under the National Heritage List for England with entry number 1009192.

Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009192. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott?

Shorter Cross is a wayside cross located on the north side of a minor road approximately 350 metres north west of Middlecott in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009192.

Who is responsible for protecting Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott?

Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott 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 1009192.

What other scheduled monuments are near Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted medieval settlement at Blackaton, 340m and 400m north east of Lower Blackaton (8.3 km), Blackaton Ball tin mill (8.7 km), Two cairns on Cator Common (8.7 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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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Deserted medieval settlement at Blackaton, 340m and 400m north east of Lower Blackaton
8.3 km
Blackaton Ball tin mill
8.7 km
Two cairns on Cator Common
8.7 km
Settlement on Smallacombe Rocks
9.2 km
Pound NE of Holwell Tor
9.5 km
Settlement W of Holwell Tor
9.5 km
Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake
9.7 km
Ring cairn 296m south east of Riddon Brake
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott

Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott

ExeterRoman town · ~13.3 miles
Domesday entry for Middlecott, Devon →
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