Nuns or Siwards Cross

Place: Dartmoor

Category: Ancient Sites

Size: Wallpaper Size

About: Nuns or Siwards Cross is the largest and oldest recorded cross on Dartmoor. It was mentioned in the 1240 Perambulation of the Forest of Dartmoor, The cross was probably erected during Edward the Confessors reign and it stands at the junction of two main tracks across the moor: which are The Monks’ Path and the Abbots’ Way, both of which link Buckfast Abbey to Tavistock Abbey and Buckland Abbey It was knocked down in 1846 and the shaft broken but it was restored in 1848 at the instigation of Sir Ralph Lopes

Photograph Added: 10th December 2011