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Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm

England
List entry 1020270
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020270
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 54557 91546
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Sourton Down Cross is a wayside cross of medieval date located on Sourton Down in Devon. The monument consists of a stone cross shaft set upon a base, representing the type of marker commonly erected along routes and boundaries during the medieval period. Such crosses served practical functions as waymarkers for travellers and pilgrims traversing the moorland landscape, and often marked significant meeting points or territorial divisions. The cross remains an important archaeological record of medieval communication and settlement patterns in Devon's upland regions.

Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020270. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm?

Sourton Down Cross is a wayside cross of medieval date located on Sourton Down in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020270.

Who is responsible for protecting Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm?

Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm 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 1020270.

What other scheduled monuments are near Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A cluster of five stone hut circles and associated boundary wall situated within a large enclosure 30m north-east of Ger Tor (8.4 km), Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor (8.5 km), Deserted medieval settlement 750m south of White Hill summit (8.5 km).

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Overview
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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.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

A cluster of five stone hut circles and associated boundary wall situated within a large enclosure 30m north-east of Ger Tor
8.4 km
Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor
8.5 km
Deserted medieval settlement 750m south of White Hill summit
8.5 km
Stone hut circle settlement and enclosures 970m east of Ger Tor
8.5 km
An enclosed stone hut circle settlement, three round cairns and a length of reave 650m WSW of Ger Tor
8.7 km
A stone hut circle 50m west of Western Red Lake
8.7 km
Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down
8.9 km
Two stone hut circles 450m SSE of Ger Tor
8.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm

Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm

ExeterRoman town · ~23.2 miles
Domesday entry for Sourton, Devon →
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