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Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344

England
List entry 1009176
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009176
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 71295 84187
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Watching Place Cross is a wayside cross situated at the junction of the B3212 and B3344 roads in Devon, England. The monument is a stone cross of medieval origin, representative of the wayside crosses that once marked routes and boundaries across the Devonshire landscape. Such crosses typically served practical and devotional functions, providing waymarkers for travellers and pilgrims whilst also serving as focal points for local communities. The cross remains an important survival of the region's medieval infrastructure and is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under national heritage designation.

Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009176. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344?

Watching Place Cross is a wayside cross situated at the junction of the B3212 and B3344 roads in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009176.

Who is responsible for protecting Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344?

Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344 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 1009176.

What other scheduled monuments are near Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burial chamber on Blackslade Down (8.9 km), Two stone hut circles and a length of boundary walling 250m west of Rippon Tor (9.2 km), Cairns N of Corndon Tor (9.8 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Burial chamber on Blackslade Down
8.9 km
Two stone hut circles and a length of boundary walling 250m west of Rippon Tor
9.2 km
Cairns N of Corndon Tor
9.8 km
Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Halshanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system
9.9 km
Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 600m west of Laughter Hole Farm
10.3 km
Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 340m south west of Laughter Hole Farm
10.3 km
Enclosure and fields N of Yar Tor
10.3 km
Three round cairns 960m and 920m north east of Outer Huccaby Ring
10.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344

Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344 stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344

ExeterRoman town · ~13.8 miles
Domesday entry for Beetor, Devon →
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