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Submitted by markj99 on Sunday, 18 June 2023 Page Views: 292
Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Elburton CrossCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Plympton Nearest Village: Elburton
Map Ref: SX5304952984
Latitude: 50.358372N Longitude: 4.067239W
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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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markj99 visited on 9th Jun 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 It is easy to park up and visit this anomalous remnant of a cross in Elburton. Progress has destroyed most of these ancient crosses.
Elburton Cross survives as a square base and shaft on Springfield Road in Elburton, Devon. It is ironically located on a grassy verge south-east of Elburton Methodist Church. According to Historic England 1386411 the c. 15th Century Preaching cross is set on a modern dressed granite base. The substantial cross base has chamfered corner stops with deep pockets. A short shaft is set into the base projecting c. 1.5 feet above its support. Elburton Cross was originally sited c. 100 yards north-east of its current location.
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