Buckland-in-the-Moor

Buckland in the Moor is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England.

Nearby is a viewpoint called Buckland Beacon, where the Ten Commandment Stones can be found (1282 ft).

In 1927 the Lord of Buckland Manor, Mr Whitley, learnt that parliament had rejected a proposed revision of the Book of Common Prayer using Jesus' Two Commandments instead of Moses' Ten, at Holy Communion.

He celebrated by engaging Mr W A Clements, a stonemason from Exeter, to engrave granite stones in situ on Buckland Beacon with the Ten Commandments.

Whilst engraving the stones he lived in a cow shed on the site and was supplied each week with a loaf of bread by Mr Whitley.

The church, showing the famous clock.
Detail of the clock face.
Detail of one of the "commandment" stones