The Cullompton Golgotha was carved from a single tree trunk and is now a rare example of what many
churches in Devon would have had up on their rood screen before the turmoil of the Reformation. It is a
remnant
of the medieval
Rood and
originally would have supported a cross in its central mortise hole. There would have been 2 supporting
figures - probably Mary and John the Evangelist - on the two adjacent platforms.
It was positioned on top of the screen and signified the need of passage only by way of the Cross into the
Church sanctuary. At the Reformation it survived destruction, was divided into 2 parts and remained for many
years in the church porch.
This is probably a unique survivor lasting from the widescale destructions ordered during the Edward VI
Reformation.