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RecordAuthor |
Máirín Mac Carron |
ISODate |
2002-07-26 |
Date |
26 July 2002 |
PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
County |
Cumbria |
Townland |
Dacre |
OSMapRef |
NY 456272 |
Area |
England |
GeneralContext |
Cross shaft fragment. |
Location |
Church at Dacre. |
Dimensions |
96.5cm (38'') high, 37cm tapering to 29cm (14.5'' to 11.5'') wide, and 10cm (4'') thick. |
GeneralContext |
Stone type: medium-grained, micaceous yellow sandstone. |
GeneralDescription |
Cross shaft fragment, dated to tenth or eleventh centuries. |
GeneralDescription |
There is a border formed by a single incised line at the top and bottom of the shaft. |
GeneralDescription |
At the top of the shaft there is a backward turning quadruped with a small scooped ear. |
GeneralDescription |
Below this there are two figures, the bigger one on the right. Their hands are joined over a rectangular object with two pellet-like
legs. The ground to their right has curling or circular branches. The two figures have been identified as Abraham and Isaac,
Old Testament, Genesis 22, (Hawkes).
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GeneralDescription |
Below the figure on the left there is an uncarved area shaped like a boat that partially separates this scene from the one
below, which is of a horned quadruped with a crouching wolf/dog on his back. The wolf/dog has a curling tail. These are possible
a hart and hound (Hawkes).
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GeneralDescription |
There are two parallel lines that separate this panel from the next one. This panel depicts the Fall of Adam and Eve, Old
Testament, Genesis 3. The female figure, left hand side, is reaching to pick a fruit pellet from the tree. The right hand
figure is holding a branch. A snake coils to the left of the tree.
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