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1. Rothbury

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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 Font base in Rothbury Church.
GeneralContext Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone.
GeneralDescription Cross Shaft fragments, dated to early ninth century, lower fragment.
GeneralDescription This is thought to represent a scene in Hell. Humans and small animals are struggling in the coils of reptiles.
GeneralDescription At the bottom of the scene there is a small naked human figure who is gripping in each hand the feet of the two rearing quadrupeds at the bottom. This figure is the pivot of the composition.

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