Monument record MLI41368 - REMAINS OF ANGLO-SAXON WHEEL CROSS FOUND IN ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD
Summary
REMAINS OF ANGLO-SAXON WHEEL CROSS FOUND IN ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD
Type and Period (1)
- CROSS (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 900 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
EARLY CROSS FOUND IN 1925 IN CHURCHYARD OF ST PETER'S: IN THE FORM OF A WHEEL CROSS WITH SCULPTURED ORNAMENT WHICH SHOWS AFFINITY WITH THE JUTLAND JELLING STONE. NOW LOCATED IN THE CHURCH ON ONE OF THE S WINDOWS OF THE CHANCEL. MUST BE THE SO CALLED 'CONISHOLME STONE'. THE FIND SPOT WAS POINTED OUT IN 1963 AT TF40289535 BY THE CHURCHWARDEN. {1}{2}
A VERY INTERESTING HEAD OF AN ANGLO-SAXON WHEEL CROSS, LATE C10 OR C11, WITH A TINY, VERY PRIMITIVE CRUCIFIXUS, INTERLACE ABOVE HIS HEAD, THREE DISKS BY HIS FEET. {3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI2970 Index: SMR FILE. CONISHOLME. TF 49 NW:C,1930, PHILLIPS, C.W..
- <2> SLI2451 Index: OS CARD INDEX. CONISHOLME. TF 49 NW:2,1963, SEAMAN B H.
- <3> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2nd Rev Edn p231.
Map
Location
Grid reference | TF 4028 9535 (point) |
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Civil Parish | CONISHOLME, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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