Information:  This skilfully crafted brass cross was fashioned out of the propeller of an old ship. It was erected in its current position, in 1980, by Mr Bill Northmore, in gratitude for a lifetime of enjoyment from living and working on the moor. Mr Northmore was born at Lovaton, near Meavy, where he spent his working life as a farmer. His passion for Dartmoor is such that, on retirement, he is happy to spend hours on end passing on his knowledge and anecdotes to those who are privileged to know him.

This is summed up in a letter written by Mr Northmore, the following excerpt from which was passed on to me in a recent e-mail: "If you happen on this tiny object think on the 70 odd years I have been privileged to ride and ramble over that which I have come to regard as my very own".

Whilst pausing at this spot it is interesting to ponder on the thousands of sea miles that might have been covered by this piece of propeller shaft and all the distant and exotic places it may well have visited. However, like Mr Northmore, it will have earned its retirement and what better place to spend it than here in the heart of Dartmoor.