Copplestone Cross is a Grade I listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1965. A C10 Boundary stone.
Copplestone Cross
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-solder-rook
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1965
- Type
- Boundary stone
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28/11/2018
SS 70 SE 2/98
CREDITON HAMLETS COPPLESTONE Copplestone Cross
26.8.65
I
Boundary stone. C10. Granite. Tall granite shaft of rectangular section standing 3.25 metres high on C20 stone pedestal. Carved interlace ornament on each face. The head is missing and top of south-east face mutilated by a small niche cut through the ornament. Each face is divided into three panels and each panel contains various interlace patterns with exception of two north-east facing panels which contain anthropomorphic representations; the centre panel apparently two embracing figures and topmost is nearly obliterated figure on horseback. No two panels are identical.
Stone marks meeting place of three parishes, Crediton Hamlets, Down St. Mary and Colebrooke. It was moved approximately 10 metres north of its original site in 1969 for road improvements. The name Copplestone derives from "Copelan" after the stone. It was first mentioned in a charter of 974 and may have been erected as memorial to Bishop Putta who was murdered in 906 travelling between Bishop's Taunton and Crediton. Anglo-Saxon decoration of this high quality is very rare in South West. Scheduled Ancient Monument 116.
Source: Devon SMR
Listing NGR: SS7706802606
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