Celtic Cross, Stentaway Road, Plymstock
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Celtic Cross, Stentaway Road, Plymstock by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Celtic Cross, Stentaway Road, Plymstock
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 28 Jun 2023
Recreating this 'First' for the square https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/58419. The cross is a designated Scheduled Monument, the listing including the following information: “The pre-Conquest standing cross and early Christian memorial stone . . . is unique in Devon; it is of a type of cross more commonly found in Cornwall. It has an inscription indicative of an early Christian memorial stone, although these are normally found on plain stones, not those shaped into crosses. . . . The cross was moved to its current location in 1946; it had been in a field used as a rubbing post for livestock. . . . It is thought to date to between the 9th and 11th centuries.”
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Image Location
Latitude
50.363783
Longitude
-4.084615