Direction Post At South East Corner Of Stone Crossroads is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. Direction post.

Direction Post At South East Corner Of Stone Crossroads

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Country
England
Date first listed
3 November 1986
Type
Direction post
Source
Historic England listing

Description

BUCKLAND-IN-THE-MOOR SX77 SW 6/41 Direction post at south-east - corner of Stone crossroads

  • II

Direction post. Dated 1790. Granite. Roughly shaped stone of oblong section embedded on top of a grass covered embankment by the roadside. Carved inscriptions on each of the broad faces to north-east and south-west, the north-east face bearing the date 1790. Beneath this the inscription is difficult to read, but is possibly NEWTON; the inscription on south-west side may be ASHBURTON. On the north-west edge is carved the letter W, perhaps referring to the adjacent parish of Widecombe. The south-east edge is concealed by the embankment. This is an unusually early type of direction post and one of the few to carry a date. It was re-erected in 1963, having been "formerly built into opposite wall". Source: Sites and Monuments Register, County Hall, Exeter.

Listing NGR: SX7195074554

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