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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1002515) describes a wayside cross on the north side of a road on Shaden Moor, overlooking the valley of a tributary of the River Plym. What survives of the medieval cross is the head, the arms and the upper part of the shaft, with a restored lower shaft. It is a Latin cross roughly carved from a single piece of granite, rectangular in section, and the medieval part is up to 0.9 metres high and 0.58 metres across the arms. It lies in the parish of Shaugh Prior, about 1.2 km east of Shaugh Prior.
The cross is thought to have marked the route from Plympton Priory to Sampford Spiney. More remains nearby are scheduled separately, and the cross itself is also listed at Grade II.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1002515 (updated 3 November 2015), which cites Masson-Phillips, The Ancient Stone Crosses of Devon, part 1 (1937), and PastScape 439240.
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