INSCRIBED STONES AND ANCIENT CROSSES OF DEVON. 157 
WIDDECOMBE CROSS. 
In the churchyard of Widdecombe-in-the-Moor, opposite to the 
main entrance to the church, is the broken shaft of what appears 
to be a sixteenth-century cross, standing on a square pedestal, the 
corners of which are cut away and bossed. 
In the space in front of the lych entrance to the churchyard, 
opposite to some old almshouses, exists what appears to have 
formed the basement of another cross, but which is now occupied 
by a young and well-grown tree. 
On the eastern side of the churchyard, near the stile, facing 
outwards, is the head of a cross — probably that of the shaft stand- 
ing within the yard — built in the wall, being used as a part of the 
structure. 
Fuller gives a description of the end of this church having been 
struck by lightning in 1638. 
