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| RecordAuthor | Orla Murphy |
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| ISODate | 2002-06-10 |
| Date | 12 June 2002 |
| PictureCredit | Jane Hawkes |
| County | Dumfriesshire |
| Townland | Ruthwell |
| OSMapRef | NV 103681 (310330, 568180) |
| Area | Scotland |
| GeneralContext | General View of Cross (back, top half) |
| Location | Church of Ruthwell |
| GeneralContext | Stone type: Red Sandstone |
| Dimensions | 17' high, shaft is 1'9'' wide at bottom and 1'1'' at the top, the head of the cross is 3'1'' wide, and the top arm is 9'' wide, the thickness is 1'6'' at the bottom to 9'' at the top. |
| GeneralDescription | The Ruthwell Cross has sculpture on its four faces and incised capitals and runic inscriptions around the panels on the four faces. |
| GeneralDescription | Back of the Cross: on the top arm of the Cross there is a bird perched on a vine. |
| GeneralDescription | On the bottom arm there are two figures, the one on the right is holding a book. |
| GeneralDescription | At the top of the shaft John the Baptist is standing on two globes and holding the Agnus Dei in his left hand. Inscription reads: '+[A]DORAMUS'. |
