Devon Marker Stones

           
                                       
District: Exeter                      

 
                                   
Parish: Countess Wear        
                                       
                                       
                                       
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  2 Marker Stones
   
   
   
   
   
                                 
                       
                       
      Stone Type: Marker Stone & Plaque
      Grid Reference: SX/9404/8943
      Location: On the grass beside the Countess Wear swing bridge to the south east side of the Exeter Bypass (A379).
      Notes: The plaque commemorates the role that this bridge played in the rehearsals for the assault on Pegasus Bridge in France during the D-Day Landings of 1944.
               
                     
                     
 Stone Type: Marker Stone & Plaque
 Grid Reference: SX/9414/8954
 Location: On the northern verge of Bridge Road, beside the bridge over the River Exe
 Inscription: Bridge Road / Exe Estuary Improvements