Berry Down Cross
| Berry Down Cross | |
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.jpg) Berry Down Cross | |
  Berry Down Cross Location within Devon | |
| OS grid reference | SS5743 |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Improvement work begins". Devon Live. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Devon family 'living in fear' as cars keep crashing into home". ITV. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Smart, Matt. "Berry Down Cross improvements added to major road safety scheme for A3123". North Devon Gazette. Retrieved 16 March 2020.