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Ouldsbroom Cross
Devon
Ouldsbroom Cross is a scheduled monument and a wayside cross of medieval origin, standing on the open moor. The name suggests an ancient crossing point or meeting place, and such crosses often marked important routes, boundaries, or stopping points across Dartmoor's moorland landscape. The cross belongs to a wider tradition of stone markers that helped travellers and communities navigate and define the moor.
Today the site is a simple stone monument in the moorland setting. Like many Dartmoor crosses, it reflects the medieval period's need to order and mark the landscape. The moor around it offers wide views and a sense of the routes and territories that have mattered here for centuries.
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