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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Ter Hill CrossCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Princetown / Two Bridges Nearest Village: Hexworthy / Dartmeet
Map Ref: SX6403670623
Latitude: 50.519556N Longitude: 3.919279W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The original of this cross, with its replacement socket stone, is now located in the National Park Visitor Centre in Princetown - see our entry for High Moorland Visitor Centre (SID 26605).
The information board at the Visitor Centre reads: "(This) Latin style granite cross originally stood on Ter Hill, one of the highest points on southern Dartmoor. It was one in a line of medieval wayside crosses marking the ancient Monks’ Path, linking Buckfast Abbey to Tavistock and Buckland Abbeys. Over the years this cross became badly damaged by cattle using it as a rubbing post. In 1885 the Dartmoor Preservation Association repaired it with iron clamps. By 1984 it had fallen over again and its shaft was broken. Dartmoor National Park’s Conservation Team carried out further repairs, but it was too fragile to return to the moor, it they decided to locate it to this garden in Princetown. A replica cross was made in 1994, which stands at the original site on Ter Hill”, when the original was moved to the Visitor Centre in Princetown.
F.H Starkey in his 1983 book “Dartmoor Crosses & Some Ancient Tracks” describes two adjacent crosses at this location: “We are now making for the summit of a hill about a mile to the SW of the cross on Down Ridge – Ter Hill. As we draw nearer, we discern what appears to be a post standing near the summit, black against the skyline. On reaching this it turns out to be another cross, but sited in such a way that the arms are in line with the path and not across it so that it is not easily recognisable at a distance. This is unusual if not unique and is probably the result of thoughtlessness when the cross was re-erected. This cross stands rather less than six feet high (it measured six feet six inches before re-erection in 1885) and it is to all intents and purposes undamaged. It measures two feet two inches across the arms".
"About a hundred yards to the west of the cross just described, stands another[The Ter Hill Cross]. This is shorter than the last and has been damaged and repaired by an iron clamp. Crossing tells the story of how a farmer at Sherburton in the valley of the Swincombe below Tor Hill took a fancy to this cross at some period in the 19th century and removed it and set it up in his farmyard. The Duchy objected to this however and it was returned and left lying at its original site until it was re-erected in 1885”.
This cross is recorded as Pastscape Monument No 443316 and scheduled asHistoric England List ID 1002618.
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