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RecordAuthor |
Máirín Mac Carron |
ISODate |
2002-09-18 |
Date |
18 September 2002 |
PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
County |
Northumberland. |
Townland |
Nunnykirk. |
OSMapRef |
NZ 085925 |
Area |
England |
GeneralContext |
Cross shaft. |
Location |
Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. |
GeneralContext |
Stone type: Coarse-grained, bedded yellow sandstone. |
Dimensions |
134.6cm (53'') high, 46cm to 35.5cm (18'' to 14'') wide, and 25.4cm to 17cm (10'' to 6.7'') deep. |
GeneralDescription |
Cross shaft, dated to the beginning of the ninth century. |
GeneralDescription |
The faces of the shaft are enclosed in a fine double roll moulding and the collar, which divides of the lower section, is
grooved and there are five studs on this face.
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GeneralDescription |
This face is entirely filled with five volutes of a side linked scroll. |