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Which Dartmoor place has also been known as "the Sepulchre"?
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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1008720) describes a wayside cross 40 metres south of a long-established track between Buckfast and Tavistock abbeys, on a gentle south-facing slope overlooking Newleycombe Lake. What survives is the head of a Latin cross, 0.6 metres high and 0.6 metres wide, mounted on a modern shaft 1.3 metres high and set in the original socket stone, which is roughly square, 0.8 metres on each side and at least 0.3 metres thick. It lies in the parish of Walkhampton, about 1.2 km south-east of Cramber Tor and 3.2 km south of Princetown.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1008720, which cites Crossing, The Ancient Stone Crosses of Dartmoor (1987 edition), page 87, the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register (SX57SE122) and the National Archaeological Record (SX57SE1).
- Period: Medieval
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1008720)
- Grid reference: SX 5916 7029 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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