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Walkhampton Church House cross: a wayside cross on the east side of Church House, 650m north east of Walkhampton village
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Walkhampton Church House cross is a scheduled monument, a wayside cross of medieval or post-medieval origin positioned near Church House on the slopes northeast of Walkhampton village. Such crosses are common features of the Dartmoor landscape, marking routes, parish boundaries, or places of gathering and significance to the moorland community.
Today the cross remains in its original location, a quiet reminder of the routeways and religious life that shaped settlement patterns across the moor. Visitors walking the country lanes and paths in this part of Dartmoor will find it a modest but authentic landmark, typical of the heritage scattered across the moorland parishes.
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