Monument record MLI30384 - REMAINS OF ANGLO-SAXON CROSS, ALL SAINTS' CHURCH

Summary

REMAINS OF ANGLO-SAXON CROSS, ALL SAINTS' CHURCH

Type and Period (2)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 900 AD to 1065 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 900 AD to 1065 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

INSIDE, ABOVE THE SOUTH DOORWAY IS A SECTION FROM A LATE C10 OR C11 CROSS SHAFT, WITH INTERLACE DECORATION. {1}{2}{3} THE STONE IS 5 FEET 10 INCHESs LONG AND ABOUT 12.5 INCHES WIDE, WITH INTERLACING DESIGNS IN PANELS DIVIDED BY TWO BALUSTERS IN ONE PLACE AND A REPRESENTATION OF A TREE IN ANOTHER. {4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. HOUGHAM. SK 84 SE:10,1965, SEAMAN B H.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. HOUGHAM. SK 84 SE:Z,1983, DES.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2nd Rev Edn p399.
  •  Article in Serial: D.S. Davies and A.W. Clapham. 1926. 'Pre-Conquest Carved Stones in Lincolnshire' in the Archaeological Journal. VOL33 (2nd Series) p14.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 8867 4419 (point)
Civil Parish HOUGHAM, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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