Devon Marker Stones
           
                                       
District: South Hams                      

 
                                   
Parish: Dean Prior        
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Page Contents:  
  1 Boundary Stone
  1 Cross
  1 Guide Stone
  1 Marker Stone
   
   
                           
                           
         
          Stone Type: Boundary Stone
          Grid Reference: SX/7218/6322
          Location: Beside the Clampits Style signpost, at the road junction about ½ mile south west of Dean Prior Village.
          Notes: Although there is no inscription visible on the stone, it is thought that this was once a Boundary Stone for Dean Prior.
               
                                 
                                 
                                 
                           
                                 
               
 Stone Type: Guide Stone    
 Grid Reference: SX/6991/6679    
 Location: On the grass verge on the south west side of the lane, leading from Buckfastleigh to Lud Gate, at Cross Furzes.    
 Inscription: B / A / T) (Buckfastleigh / Ashburton / Tavistock)    
 Notes: The stone also has an Ordnance Survey Benchmark cut into the same face as the B (Buckfastleigh).    
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
Stone Type: Churchyard Cross
Grid Reference: SX/7299/6351
Location: Just inside the Dean Prior Churchyard wall facing the Devon Expressway.
Notes: The cross serves as a World War I memorial.
 Stone Type: Bridge Marker Stone
 Grid Reference: SX/7327/6512
 Location: Built into the western parapet of Dean Burn Bridge.
 Inscription: Dean Burn Bridge / Reconstructed and Widened 1931