Wayside cross near Childe's Tomb

Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1002617) describes a wayside cross on the western slopes of Ter Hill, overlooking the valley of the River Swincombe in the north-west corner of the Fox Tor newtake. A single dressed granite slab is set in a roughly rectangular socket stone, made from a moor boulder and earthfast, the visible part about 0.9 metres long, 0.4 metres wide and 0.2 metres high. It lies in the parish of Dartmoor Forest, about 2.8 km south-west of Hexworthy.

The Latin cross is rectangular in section, with the upper shaft chamfered on two corners, and stands 1.7 metres high and 0.7 metres across the arms, with the top of the head broken. It is thought to mark a junction between the Abbots' Way and Sandy Way routes across Dartmoor. A second cross head once lay beside it but has long gone. The cross is known to have been re-erected, having been found lying beside its socket stone, and is one of a group of three on Ter Hill. Two, including this one, are scheduled separately, and the third has not been formally assessed.

Sources: Historic England list entry 1002617, which cites the Dartmoor National Park Authority HER (SX67SW54), the National Monuments Record (SX67SW30), PastScape 443319 and Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol 4 (1993), page 211.

• Period: Medieval
• Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1002617)
• Grid reference: SX 6365 7058 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)