Roman's Cross near the church

Roman's Cross is a stone cross of medieval date, positioned just west of the parish church. Despite its name, it dates not to the Roman period but to the Middle Ages, when such crosses were common features of Dartmoor's landscape. It likely served both as a waymarker for travellers crossing the moor and as a focus for Christian devotion in the wider parish.

Today the cross stands as a quiet reminder of the layered history beneath Dartmoor's open ground. Scheduled for protection as an ancient monument, it speaks to the long continuity of settlement and movement across these uplands, where stone has marked the way for centuries.

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