Oxenham Arms

The Oxenham Arms is a very interesting historic building in South Tawton (SX650936) not far from Okehampton. It is claimed the building started life as an early Christian monastery in the twelfth century. It was built around a large standing stone that is thought to be prehistoric. The prehistoric stone is embedded in the wall of the small snug room at the back of the pub. It is listed on the Devon & Dartmoor HER as a prehistoric standing stone. In the dining room across the corridor is another stone which is claimed to be early Christian and was probably imported into the building in the eighteenth or nineteenth century... dartmoorwalks.org.uk/site/oxenham.php