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1. Masham

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RecordAuthor Máirín Mac Carron
ISODate 2002-09-13
Date 13 September 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County North Yorkshire
Townland Masham.
OSMapRef SE 225805
Area England
GeneralContext Pillar, second register.
Location Churchyard at Masham.
GeneralContext Stone type: Coarse yellow sandstone.
Dimensions 81'' in height, circumference goes from 81'' to 76''.
GeneralDescription Pillar, second register, dated to early ninth century.
GeneralDescription The column has four rows of panels running around it.
GeneralDescription This panel is identified as Samson, Old Testament, 16:30 (Hawkes).

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