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| RecordAuthor | Máirín Mac Carron |
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| ISODate | 2002-08-01 |
| Date | 1 August 2002 |
| PictureCredit | Jane Hawkes |
| County | Cumbria |
| Townland | Gosforth |
| OSMapRef | NY 065035 |
| Area | England |
| GeneralContext | Cross, west view. |
| Location | churchyard at Gosforth. |
| Dimensions | 442cm (174'') high. |
| GeneralContext | Stone type: medium-grained red sandstone. |
| GeneralDescription | West view of Cross shaft, dated to the first half of the tenth century. |
| GeneralDescription | The top part of the shaft is decorated with a full-length panel bordered by a roll moulding. At the top there is an animal's head. There is a form of ring chain, executed in double strands attached to this. This links to two parallel strips of three-strand plain plait below. These both end in downward-biting zoomorphic heads, identical to the animal at the top of the panel. |
| GeneralDescription | Below the heads there is a staff held horizontally across the panel by a human figure who is also horizontal as he is depicted as standing on the left-hand moulding. He is holding a horn in his outstretched left hand. |
| GeneralDescription | Below this figure there is an upside down horseman. His left hand is on the horse's neck and his outstretched right arm holds a spear behind the horse. |
| GeneralDescription | At the bottom of the panel set into a curved part there is a human figure lying down with arms and legs in manacles. There is a cord around his neck that is knotted with a snake whose head is set above him. Over the man there is a kneeling, pigtailed, woman holding out a bowl. |
