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Monuments: H

1. Hope

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RecordAuthor Máirín Mac Carron
ISODate 2002-09-05
Date 5 September 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Derbyshire
Townland Hope
OSMapRef SK 165835
Area England
GeneralContext Cross shaft.
Location Churchyard at Hope.
Dimensions 6'6'' high, 15'' by 11'' at the bottom, tapering to 11'' by 7'' at the top.
GeneralDescription Cross shaft, dated to the late tenth century, west and north faces.
GeneralDescription The top panel on the west face shows a man carrying a cross, below this under a segmental-headed panel there are two figures embracing. The lower part of the shaft has an interlaced pattern of three ring-knots.
GeneralDescription The north face has an interlaced pattern.

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