Cross Gate/Lowery Cross, Princetown, Dartmoor National Park
This cross is situated by Cross Gate as marked on the Ordnance Survey Explorer OL28 'Dartmoor' map. It's also known locally as Lowery Cross. Zoom in on the 'Satellite' setting of the accompanying Google map to see its location.
Cross Gate/Lowery Cross is on both the Buckfast to Tavistock Monastic Route and the Buckfast to Buckland Monastic Route. The Dartmoor expert Eric Hemery refers to these as the 'Monastic Way: Buckfast Abbey - Tavistock Abbey' and the 'Monastic Way: Buckfast Abbey - Buckland Abbey' in his book 'Walking Dartmoor's Ancient Tracks: A guide to 28 routes'.
Hemery wrote that Cross Gate/Lowery Cross 'is unlike the rustic crosses common to Dartmoor's monastic tracks in having a slender, chamfered shaft; this replacement of the lost original - taken probably for use as a gatepost - supports the old, damaged head'.
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