Devon Marker Stones
           
                                       
District: East Devon                      

 
                                   
Parish: Shute        
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Page Contents:  
  1 Cross
  2 Milestones
   
   
   
   
                           
                           
                           
          Stone Type: Village Cross
          Grid Reference: SY/2522/9755
          Location: In the centre of Shute Village, opposite the green leading to Shute Barton.
          Notes: The cross serves as the village war memorial.
                   
                                 
                                 
                         
                         
 Stone Type: Milestone              
 Grid Reference: SY/2510/9884              
 Location: On the south east verge of the A35, about 0.3 miles to the north east of the bus shelter.              
 Inscription: Honiton 6 / Axminster 3              
 Notes: There is a faint inscription, low down on the face below 'Axminster 3', but the words have now become illegible.              
                       
                       
              Stone Type: Milestone
              Grid Reference: SY/2335/9854
              Location: On the south west verge of the A35, behind the Armco barrier and beside a road junction sign.
              Inscription: Honiton 5 / Axminster 4.
              Notes: The stone also has an Ordnance Survey benchmark, below the 'Honiton 5' plate.