Devon Marker Stones

           
                                       
District: North Devon                      

 
                                   
Parish: Lynton & Lynmouth        
                                       
                                       
           
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  5 Marker Stones
   
   
   
   
Stone Type: War Memorial Monument
Grid Reference: SS/7188/4950
Location: Outside the Town Hall in Cross Street, Lynton.
Notes: The monument acts as the town War Memorial.
 Stone Type: Bridge Marker Stone
 Grid Reference: SS/7240/4946
 Location: Built into the eastern parapet of Lyndale Bridge, Lynmouth
 Inscription: Lyndale Bridge / Built by the Devon County Council / 1955.
Stone Type: Tower Marker Stone
Grid Reference: SS/7225/4966
Location: On the south west face of the Rhenish Tower, Lynmouth Harbour.
Inscription: Destroyed August 1952 / Rebuilt April 1954.
     
 Stone Type: Flood Memorial Cross
 Grid Reference: SS/7238/49460
 Location: Fixed to the south bank of the East Lyn River, beside Lyndale Bridge.
 Notes: The cross was erected at the request of the Bishop of Exeter to mark the resurrection of Lynmouth after the Great Flood of 1952.
Stone Type: Watersmeet Valley Marker Stone
Grid Reference: SS/7388/4874
Location: North side of the East Lyn River, close to a footbridge.
Inscription: Watersmeet Valley Property was acquired by Public Subscription through the efforts of the Lynton, Lynmouth and District Association for the preservation of Local Natural Beauties.
     
 Stone Type: Watersmeet Marker Stone
 Grid Reference: SS/7300/4918
 Location: North side of the East Lyn River, close to a footbridge.
 Inscription: The National Trust / Watersmeet