Dartmoor crosses
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The Dartmoor crosses are a series of stone crosses found in Dartmoor National Park in the centre of Devon, England. Many of them are old navigational aids, needed because of the remoteness of the moor
Ancient cross close to Crazywell Pool on southern Dartmoor
Detail of Bennett's Cross
Bennett's Cross
Cadover Cross
Buckfast Abbey
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Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. Buckfast first became home to an abbey in 1018. The first Benedictine abbey was followed b
Dartmoor crosses
…the cross pattée, the arms of the cross grow wider as they move away from the centre. It probably was used as a marker for the track (Monks' Path) from Buckfast Abbey to Tavistock Abbey. The head of the cross was found close to the north-east side of the pool by William Crossing. He believed that its original site…
Buckfast Abbey, Exterior I
The nave of the Abbey church is in a mixture of Romanesque and Gothic styles
The abbey by A. R. Quinton, c. 1920, with unfinished tower
Fritillaria meleagris in the grounds of the abbey.