Direction Post at North-East Corner Of Beacon Lane, Cherrycombehead Crossroads

This direction post stands at the north-east corner of Beacon Lane where it meets Cherrycombehead Crossroads, one of several such markers scattered across Dartmoor and its approaches. These posts typically date from the 18th or 19th century, when improving roads and growing traffic made way-finding across the open moor increasingly important for carriers, drovers, and travellers on foot.

Today the post remains as a modest but functional reminder of the moor's role as a thoroughfare. It speaks to the long history of movement across Dartmoor, the need for clear signposting in open country, and the small infrastructure of rural communication that once shaped daily journeys across Devon.

Historic England listed designation: Direction Post at North-East Corner Of Beacon Lane at Cherrycombehead Crossroads