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| RecordAuthor |
Máirín Mac Carron |
| ISODate |
2002-09-20 |
| Date |
20 September 2002 |
| PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
| County |
Northumberland |
| Townland |
Rothbury |
| OSMapRef |
NU 055018 |
| Area |
England |
| GeneralContext |
Cross Shaft fragments. |
| Location |
Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. |
| GeneralContext |
Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone. |
| GeneralDescription |
Cross Shaft fragments, dated to early ninth century, lower fragment. |
| GeneralDescription |
The stone has been broken and the frame is mutilated. |
| GeneralDescription |
Below Christ there are a number of heads, eleven, turned upwards. These are probably the Apostles. Four of the figures in
the front row are holding books. These may represent the Evangelists.
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