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Week Down cross is a wayside cross located approximately 530 metres south-west of Yellam in Devon. The monument is a stone cross of medieval date, typical of the crosses that formerly marked routes and boundaries across the Devon landscape. Such wayside crosses served practical functions as waymarkers for travellers and pilgrims whilst also functioning as foci for devotion and community gathering. The cross survives as a testament to the religious and practical infrastructure of medieval Devon.
Week Down cross: a wayside cross 530m south west of Yellam is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009191. View the official record →
Week Down cross is a wayside cross located approximately 530 metres south-west of Yellam in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009191.
Week Down cross: a wayside cross 530m south west of Yellam 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 1009191.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted medieval settlement at Blackaton, 340m and 400m north east of Lower Blackaton (8.4 km), Blackaton Ball tin mill (8.7 km), Two cairns on Cator Common (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Week Down cross: a wayside cross 530m south west of Yellam'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.
Week Down cross: a wayside cross 530m south west of Yellam stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.