Oxenham Cross
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Oxenham Cross by Richard Dorrell as part of the Geograph project.
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Oxenham Cross
Image: © Richard Dorrell Taken: 23 Mar 2010
The Dartmoor's Crosses website reports: "This ancient cross has been very badly treated over the years. Mr Ormerod reported, at some time during the 19th Century, that only a portion of the shaft was to be seen and that the head and arms were missing. William Crossing, however, found the missing upper part of the cross lying amongst some stone rubble in a nearby hedge. Although the two parts were joined together, it was later found again, by Mr Masson Phillips, lying on top of the hedge. It was finally restored to its present position by the Dartmoor Preservation Society in 1951." (Website - http://www.dartmoor-crosses.org.uk/ ).
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Image Location
Latitude
50.734053
Longitude
-3.895952