Hambledown Cross, Dartmoor, Devon UK
N 50° 36.375 W 003° 49.952
30U E 441088 N 5606370
A granite cross boundary marker on Dartmoor.
Waymark Code: WM6B44
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/06/2009
Views: 1
Hambledown Cross is one of several boundary markers in this area with mark out the bounds of the old manor of Natsworthy, the cross is inscribed with HC,DS 1854. The markers were erected by Edward Augustus Seymour, the 11th Duke of Somerset, to mark the boundary of his estate.
HC = Hambledown Cross
DS = Duke of Somerset
1854 = date erected.
Type of survey mark: Granite Cross
What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?:
GPS needed
What property is this mark defining?:
Natsworthy Manor
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