Location:
Cemented to the top of a conical
shaped boulder on Hand Hill.Grid Ref: 614 692 Map location: Click here to view map. Purpose: Personal Cross. Size: 4¼ inches (11 centimetres) high; 1½ inches (4 centimetres) across the arms; ½ inch (1.5 centimetres) thick. 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". |