BUCKLAND NEWTON

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Reference WMO/121404

Address:

Holy Rood Church

Buckland Newton

Dorchester

DT2 7BU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Rock/Rough Stone Rock/Rough Stone
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Buckland Newton war memorial is located in the curtilage of the Church of the Holy Rood, a Grade I listed building, situated. The memorial is in the style of a Celtic cross that is rectangular in plane, with an elongated bottom arm that forms a tapering shaft. The front face of the shaft bears the carving of an inverted broad-sword in relief. The shaft rests on a rectangular block plinth of broad frontage which sits on a stone base. The plinth is dressed and inscribed on the front and left faces with lead lettering. The whole is constructed of coarse granite. To find the memorial follow the sign from the B3143 for the village school and continue along that road to a T junction where you will find the church.
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Grade II (England)

1427601

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