Berry Down Cross

Berry Down Cross
Berry Down Cross
Berry Down Cross Location within Devon
OS grid reference	SS5743
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
List of places UK England Devon 51°10′31″N4°02′41″W / 51.1753°N 4.0446°W / 51.1753; -4.0446

Berry Down Cross is a village in Devon, England. The village has two Bronze Age round barrows located within it and both are listed as scheduled monuments by Historic England. ^[1]

Junction

Berry Down Cross is infamous for its A3123 road junction, which gained a reputation for being unsafe. A house that had stood on the bend of the junction since the 1700s was crashed into by cars seventeen times over three years. ^{[2] [3]} In 2020, the Department for Transport announced a £2.2 million scheme to improve the safety of the road including a 40 mph (64 km/h) speed limit and cat's eyes. ^[4]

References

1. Historic England. "Two bowl barrows 170m west and 200m south west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down, Berrynarbor (1019261)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2. "Improvement work begins". Devon Live. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
3. "Devon family 'living in fear' as cars keep crashing into home". ITV. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
4. Smart, Matt. "Berry Down Cross improvements added to major road safety scheme for A3123". North Devon Gazette. Retrieved 16 March 2020.