<< Text Pages >> Whitchurch Common Wayside Cross - Ancient Cross in England in Devon
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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Whitchurch Common Wayside Cross Alternative Name: Green Lane CrossCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.322 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Tavistock
Map Ref: SX49297385
Latitude: 50.544942N Longitude: 4.128448W
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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Ancient Cross in England
The cross is a waymarker on the track across Whitchurch Down to Tavistock.
This path would have been used by monks travelling from Buckfast Abbey and Plympton Priory to Tavistock Abbey.
Tavistock Abbey is a ruined Benedictine Abbey which was rebuilt after being destroyed by Danish raiders in 997.
The cross is 1.2 m high. The shaft has been replaced and is set in the original socket.
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