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RecordAuthor |
Máirín Mac Carron |
ISODate |
2002-07-12 |
Date |
12 July 2002 |
PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
County |
Derbyshire |
Townland |
Bakewell |
OSMapRef |
SK 215685 |
Area |
England |
GeneralContext |
East Cross, west view, base of shaft. |
Location |
In the churchyard at Bakewell. |
Dimensions |
8' high, by 21'' wide, and 15'' thick. |
GeneralDescription |
East Cross, west view, detail. |
GeneralDescription |
This cross is dated to the late eighth century. |
GeneralDescription |
This shows the very bottom of the east face of the cross, close to the base. There is the detail of a bow pointing up, of
the type used by Saxon archers, but the man who would have been preparing to fire it is now lost.
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