Incised cross at the Grimspound entrance

• Grid reference: SX 70122 80854
• Where: On the entrance boulder, looking north towards Hookney Tor
• Date: Unknown
• Grimspound: Scheduled since 26 November 1928, Historic England list entry 1014667

The cross is cut on a boulder at the entrance to Grimspound. The Chagford Local History Society places it on the bottom boulder on the right as you look north through the gap towards Hookney Tor, while Dartmoor Explorations puts it on the east side and could not find it in the standard books. Dartefacts calls it hard to make out. A visitor photographing the entrance in 2000 said it had been there for as long as he had visited the site.

Nothing found gives a date or a maker. Historic England's entry for Grimspound describes the entrance as a gap 2 m wide cut through the south eastern side of the wall, flanked by walls up to 2 m high. The northern side is formed by two massive edge-set slabs with a boulder balanced on top, and the ground inside and just outside is roughly paved, with three steps found in the 1894 excavation. The entry says the entrance was reconstructed after that excavation by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee. The entry does not mention a cross, so it could be older or newer than that rebuilding. Grimspound is open moor and is cared for by English Heritage.

Sources: Chagford Local History Society | Dartmoor Explorations | Historic England list entry 1014667 | Dartefacts | English Heritage, the history of Grimspound | Dartmoor Crosses, the same cross with photographs.