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Cross and Hand wayside cross 670m south of the Friary of St Francis

A Scheduled Monument in Batcombe, Dorset

CROSS AND HAND, BATCOMBE, DORSET

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Pevsner: 'a stone shaft with a rough capital. Possibly pre-Conquest'. In Hardy's 'Tess' (and locally), the 'Cross-in-Hand'. Fairly recently awarded a small protective enclosure by DCC, with a tiny stile. High up on the Batcombe ridge with spectacular 180ยบ views - on a clear day, as far as Dunkery Beacon, Exmoor. There was 70p in small change on the top when I took this photo, proving that some superstitions never die. See also BLB & HE

Uploaded by Keith Salvesen on 26 October 2020

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