Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Monkwearmouth 02, Durham Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Sunderland Museum, no. 43-1973/92
Evidence for Discovery
Found in 1966 in archaeological excavations, no. MK.66.VQ
Church Dedication
St Peter
Present Condition
Broken but unworn, and finely dressed
Description

Edged with a roll moulding on three sides.

Discussion

The splayed angle makes it more likely that this was a cross-arm rather than a base. It is possible that it was a plain cross which could have had an inscription such as those found at Whitby (Peers and Radford 1943, pl. 29A).

Date
Possibly eighth century
References
Unpublished
Endnotes

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