Welltown Cross No.2 |
![]() O/S Grid Ref: SX/54013/69952 Longitude/Latitude (Degrees+/-): -4.06031/50.51110 Map location: Click here to view map. Purpose: Not known. Size: The cross has not yet been measured. Information:
I first came across this stone in the
year 2000, when I took a photo of it and quickly moved on not realising at
the time that there was a cross
incised into the top of the pillar. The shape of a cross has been
incised into the top of the stone, from corner to corner, to quite a
depth. This is I've not been able to discover any information as to why the stone has been placed in this position or, indeed, why a cross has been incised across the top. It doesn't appear to have been a waymarker cross, like the nearby cross at the other end of the hamlet (Welltown Cross No. 1), and there doesn't appear to be any evidence that the stone ever had two arms, as one would expect of a conventional cross.
Our thanks to Bob Fitzpatrick for bringing this cross to our attention and for providing the initial photos and to Robert Noakes for the additional information and photo of the Walkhampton Churchyard gateposts. |