Oath Stone at Batcombe near Dorchester in Dorset which features in Thomas Hardy novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles

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Oath stone known as the Cross in Hand and alternatively Cross and Hand which features in Thomas Hardy novel "Tess". Hardy also wrote about it in his poem "The Last Pyx"in "Poems of the Past and Present"

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Size: 3387px × 5080px
Location: On roadside at Batcombe, Dorset
Photo credit: © Matthew Lambley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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