Devon Marker Stones
           
                                       
District: Mid Devon                      

 
                                   
Parish: Copplestone        
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Page Contents:  
  1 Boundary Stone
  1 Cross
  2 Milestones
   
   
   
                           
                           
                           
          Stone Type: Village Cross
          Grid Reference: SS/7707/0260
          Location: In the middle of the road junction in the centre of Copplestone Village.
          Notes: Although the head is now missing, this is thought to be the finest Saxon Cross still existing in the south of England.
                   
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
                                 
 Stone Type: Milestone                
 Grid Reference: SS/7761/0246                
 Location: On the north side of the A377, on the eastern outskirts of Copplestone village.                
 Inscription: To Exon XII Miles                
                   
                                 
                                 
                         
                         
              Stone Type: Milestone
              Grid Reference: SS/7632/0334
              Location: On the north east side of the A377, 100 metres south of a lane leading off the road.
              Inscription: To Exon XIII Miles / To Barum XXVII Miles (Exeter / Barnstaple)
                 
                       
 Stone Type: Boundary Stone
 Grid Reference: SS/7879/0187
 Location: On the southern verge of the A377 at Quarry Foot Cross.
 Inscription: C P B S 1992 (Copplestone Parish Boundary Stone)
 Notes: The stone was erected in 2017 to commemorate the 25 years since Copplestone became a Parish, in 1992.