<< Our Photo Pages >> Chagford Cross - Ancient Cross in England in Devon
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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Chagford Cross Alternative Name: St Michael The Archangel Churchyard CrossCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.185 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Chagford
Map Ref: SX7020187542
Latitude: 50.673029N Longitude: 3.83828W
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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There are two entries for this cross in Pastscape - see Monument No. 445505 and Monument No. 443477.
Pastscape 445505 tells us that the modern base/pedestal of the cross was once used as a water trough, now holding a modern cross shaft, to which has been attached the head and arms of an incised cross. Pastscape adds: "Both the socket stone and cross once stood in the market place, but they are quite different in character and do not belong together".
Pastscape 443477 adds a little more detail, saying the head of the former Chagford market cross was taken to nearby Holy Street Farm and later built into a wall near Holystreet Manor to preserve it; it was later attached to a shaft and reused as the Chagford War Memorial.
The cross is also recorded as Historic England List ID 130861 which says the cross was erected as a war memorial in 1928, using fragments of 15th century crosses. It stands 3.8m high, with a tall (modern) shaft and short, stumpy arms, with a cross inscribed on its western face, at the junction of the arms. "The socket stone was from the yard of Southmead House". The market cross used to stand under a tree on the north side of Chagford Market Place.
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