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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 ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 16:43, 2 September 2006: 1,000 × 666 (142 KB): ISeneca (talk | contribs): August 2006 - Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Ron Waller This impressive cross extends for another two metres behind the altar and below the floor level.
Captioned as "Fig. 1. The Ruthwell Cross, between 1823 and 1887." Date: published 1912: Source: Cook, Albert S. 1912. The Date of the Ruthwell and Bewcastle Crosses. Yale University Press. Author: Albert S. Cook (1853–1927) Permission (Reusing this file) Author died more than 70 years ago - public domain
Category B: "buildings of regional or more than local importance; or major examples of some particular period, style or building type, which may have been altered." [ 1 ] Category C : "buildings of local importance; lesser examples of any period, style, or building type, as originally constructed or moderately altered; and simple traditional ...
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The Bewcastle Cross is an Anglo-Saxon cross which is still in its original position within the churchyard of St Cuthbert's church at Bewcastle, in the English county of Cumbria. The cross, which probably dates from the 7th or early 8th century, features reliefs and inscriptions in the runic alphabet .
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The Gosforth Cross, a very rare almost-complete cross in England, is an example. By the 10th century such Anglo-Norse crosses were the bulk of the production in England, as the high cross seems to have been abandoned further south, although the simple and practical Dartmoor crosses , no doubt an essential aid to navigating Dartmoor , appear to ...