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Early MedievalSite Name: Sampford Spiney Memorial StoneCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.129 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Tavistock Nearest Village: Sampford Spiney
Map Ref: SX52987168
Latitude: 50.526380N Longitude: 4.075548W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Devon
The inscribed stone was discovered at a farm in Sampford Spiney in 1997. The stone is thought to date between 600 - 800 AD.
The stone is in use as a gatepost on the west side of a lane that goes from Huckworthy Cross to Tavistock.
It is 1.6m high (showing above ground)
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