Bewcastle Cross
-
Description
"The late 7th/early 8th century Bewcastle Cross is considered to be one of the finest surviving examples from Anglo-Saxon Britain. Nicolaus Pevsner described it - along with another similar sculpture in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire - as ‘the greatest achievement of their date in the whole of Europe’. The monument, once the shaft of a cross, shows sculptures of biblical figures, names written in runes which have been claimed to provide a memorial for local residents, and an inscribed sundial which is one of the earliest in England." Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2016. -
Owner
Andrew Curtis -
Source
Geograph (Geograph) -
License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License -
Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5205479
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 4 years, 10 months ago
Viewed: 328 times
Picture Taken: 2016-11-25 -
Co-Curate tags