The Ten Commandments Stones, Bovey Tracey, South Devon

The Ten Commandments Stones, Bovey Tracey, South Devon

Quirky Dartmoor attraction offering some of the finest views in South Devon

Buckland Beacon on Dartmoor offers some of the finest views in South Devon. It's also where you'll find The Ten Commandments Stones with its commandments and verses cut into granite.

 

Easiest and recommended route to The Ten Commandments Stones for the first time

We've positioned The Ten Commandments Stones on Google maps so zoom in on the 'Satellite' setting to see their location.

To visit for the first time, head for Cold East Cross between Rippon Tor and Buckland Beacon as marked on the Ordnance Survey Explorer OL28 'Dartmoor' map. Either park at Cold East Cross or a little further south west where open access moorland on Buckland Common meets private farmland. Walk south west on either side of the farm wall to Buckland Beacon. The Ten Commandments Stones are obvious below the main rocky outcrop.

 

The Ten Commandments Stones

Carved by W.A.Clement in summer 1928, The Ten Commandments Stones were commissioned by a local landowner W.Whitely to celebrate Parliament's 1928 rejection of a new Book of Common Prayer.

In addition to the Ten Commandments, there are other verses carved into the stones. Because the stones are exposed and battered by wind and rain, the words fade. June 2017 saw conservators working on the stones making the commandments and verses legible again.