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The Ruthwell Cross is a stone Anglo-Saxon cross probably dating from the 8th century, [1] when the village of Ruthwell, now in Scotland, was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. It is the most famous and elaborate Anglo-Saxon monumental sculpture, [ 2 ] and possibly contains the oldest surviving text, predating any manuscripts ...
Ruthwell is a village and parish on the Solway Firth between Dumfries and Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. In 2022 the combined population of Ruthwell and nearby Clarencefield was 400. [2] Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, gave Ruthwell to his nephew, Sir William Murray, confirmed to Sir John Murray, of Cockpool, in 1509 by King James VI.
The Ruthwell Cross County Buildings, the former headquarters of Dumfriesshire County Council, and since 1975 the headquarters of Dumfries and Galloway Council. Archaeological remains from the neolithic and Bronze Age include stone circles (as in Dunscore and Eskdalemuir), tumuli and cairns (Closeburn), and sculptured stones (Dornock). [1]
August 2006 - Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Ron Waller This impressive cross extends for another two metres behind the altar and below the floor level. You cannot overwrite this file. File usage
Upload another image Brow Well 54°59′37″N 3°25′54″W / 54.993725°N 3.43163°W / 54.993725; -3.43163 (Brow Well) Category C(S) 17212 Upload Photo Summerfield Farmhouse And Steading 54°59′54″N 3°23′27″W / 54.998233°N 3.390863°W / 54.998233; -3.390863 (Summerfield Farmhouse And Steading) Category C(S) 17250 Upload Photo Ruthwell Parish Church ...
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Going down the east bank is the village of Glencaple, Caerlaverock Castle, Caerlaverock Wild Fowl Trust, an ancient Roman fort on Ward Law Hill [8] and nearby in Ruthwell is the Ruthwell Cross and the Brow Well [9] where Robert Burns "took the waters" and bathed in the Solway just before his death.
Dumfriesshire (1912) The Covenanters: A History of the Church in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution (1913) v.1 [2] v.2 [3] The runic roods of Ruthwell and Bewcastle, with a short history of the cross and crucifix in Scotland (1914) Edited Certain Tractates: Together with the Book of Four Score Three Questions by Ninian Winzet