Volume 10: The West Midlands

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Current Display: Gloucester (Priory) 11, Gloucestershire Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Gloucester Museum 41/75 WKS 42; Bryant 1999, no. 41
Evidence for Discovery
Found in archaeological excavation 1975–83, residual in Period XII, 80, eighteenth century.
Church Dedication
St Oswald
Present Condition
Fair
Description

Fragment with complex pattern of two- and three-strand interlace, part of which consists of interlocking circles.

Discussion

This small fragment could be from a grave-slab or a standing cross, but is probably from an architectural feature such as a screen panel.

Date
Tenth to eleventh century
References
Bryant 1999, 171, no. 41, fig. 4.17
Endnotes

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