Devon Marker Stones

           
                                       
District: West Devon                      

 
                                   
Parish: Okehampton Hamlets

       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Page Contents:  
  2 Boundary Stones
  1 Cross
  2 Marker Stones
  2 Milestones
   
   
                           
                           
                           
          Stone Type: Millennium Boundary Stone
          Grid Reference: SX/560/924
          Location: Outside the Meldon Village Hall.
          Inscription: Commemorating the Millennium / Okehampton Parish / Beating the Bounds
           
                           
                           
 Stone Type: Marker Stone
 Grid Reference: SX/5669/9321
 Location: On the grass verge at the junction with a minor track.
 Notes: Memorial to Mary Katherine Bridget Ryan, whose parents donated Meldon Woods to Okehampton Hamlets for the benefit of the neighbourhood.
 
     
Stone Type: Southcott (Wayside) Cross
Grid Reference: SX/5499/9484
Location: Set back into the corner of the garden at Southcott Cross Cottage, about 2½ miles to the west of Okehampton.
Notes: A rare feature of this cross, is that it has a human figure incised on its roadside face.
 Stone Type: Boundary Stone
 Grid Reference: SX/5514/9195
 Location: On the southern grass verge of the Granite Way (Cycle Path)
 Inscription: O H (Okehampton Hamlets)
 Notes: The stone shares its boundary with Sourton
     
Stone Type: Milestone
Grid Reference: SX/5701/9309
Location: On the Granite Way between Okehampton and Lydford.
Inscription: ½M Meldon Viaduct / 3½M Lake Viaduct / Okehampton 2M / Station 1¾M.
Notes: The milestone was sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
 Stone Type: Milestone
 Grid Reference: SX/5587/9218
 Location: On the Granite Way between Okehampton and Lydford.
 Inscription: 2 Sourton / 6¼ Lydford / ½ Meldon Reservoir Dartmoor / Meldon Viaduct ½ / Okehampton 3.
 Notes: The milestone was sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Stone Type: Marker Stone
Grid Reference: SX/5674/9217
Location: At the entrance to the Meldon Quarry Car Park.
Inscription: Okehampton Hamlets Quarry Park 2004