Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland
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Overview
Object type: Part of cross-shaft or -head
Measurements: Unobtainable
Stone type: Medium-grained yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 30.155
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 60
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Present Location
Built into south wall of nave, outside
Evidence for Discovery
First mentioned by Morris (1976)
Church Dedication
St Edwin
Present Condition
Very worn
Description
Only one carved face is visible. Part of the edge of a cross-shaft or -head, with a straight line pattern of step 1.
Discussion
This pattern seems to put the fragment into the Anglo-Scandinavian period (see Gainford 6).
Date
Mid tenth to mid eleventh century(?)
References
Morris 1976, 143
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