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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1019220) describes a wayside cross on a gentle south-east-facing slope above Holne Moor. It is concreted into a cleft in a large granite rock and is of Latin type, 1.06 metres high, broken into two parts that are held together by iron bars. The head is 0.28 metres high and the arms are 0.69 metres wide, reaching 0.18 metres beyond the shaft on either side. It lies in the parish of Dartmoor Forest, about 1.1 km south-west of Combestone Tor and 1.4 km south of Hexworthy.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1019220, which cites Starkey, Dartmoor Crosses and Some Ancient Tracks (1989), page 34. A visitor comment on the Historic England page by Ronald Victor Cross says the cross is known locally as Horse Ford Cross; I have not used it.
- Period: Medieval
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1019220)
- Grid reference: SX 6600 7135 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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