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Wayside cross called Burrow Cross 40m south east of Burrow Farm

England
List entry 1013614
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013614
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 93958 99099
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Burrow Cross is a wayside cross located approximately forty metres south-east of Burrow Farm in Devon, England. The monument dates to the medieval period and represents the type of roadside religious marker that was common throughout Devon and the broader south-west during the Middle Ages. Such crosses served both spiritual and practical functions, marking routes and providing focal points for wayfarers' devotions. The surviving structure preserves evidence of its medieval construction and continues to stand as testimony to the religious landscape of medieval Devon.

Wayside cross called Burrow Cross 40m south east of Burrow Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013614. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Wayside cross called Burrow Cross 40m south east of Burrow Farm?

Burrow Cross is a wayside cross located approximately forty metres south-east of Burrow Farm in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013614.

Who is responsible for protecting Wayside cross called Burrow Cross 40m south east of Burrow Farm?

Wayside cross called Burrow Cross 40m south east of Burrow 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 1013614.

What other scheduled monuments are near Wayside cross called Burrow Cross 40m south east of Burrow Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Law Library, Cathedral Yard (6.7 km), Part of the Roman town of Exeter, beneath Cathedral Green (6.8 km), Roman baths (site of), The Deanery (6.9 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Law Library, Cathedral Yard
6.7 km
Part of the Roman town of Exeter, beneath Cathedral Green
6.8 km
Roman baths (site of), The Deanery
6.9 km
Hall of the Vicars Choral, South Street
6.9 km
St Nicholas' Priory
7 km
St Loye's Chapel and cross, Rifford Road
7.2 km
Medieval bridge and part of a late medieval conduit under Holloway Street
7.2 km
The medieval Exe Bridge, St Edmund's Church, and medieval tenement remains, lying between the River Exe and Frog Street
7.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Wayside cross called Burrow Cross 40m south east of Burrow Farm

Wayside cross called Burrow Cross 40m south east of Burrow Farm stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Wayside cross called Burrow Cross 40m south east of Burrow Farm

ExeterRoman town · ~4.2 miles
Domesday entry for Rewe, Devon →
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