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RecordAuthor |
Máirín Mac Carron |
ISODate |
2002-09-20 |
Date |
20 September 2002 |
PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
County |
Northumberland |
Townland |
Rothbury |
OSMapRef |
NU 055018 |
Area |
England |
GeneralContext |
Cross Shaft fragments. |
Location |
Font base in Rothbury Church. |
GeneralContext |
Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone. |
GeneralDescription |
Cross Shaft fragments, dated to early ninth century, lower fragment. |
GeneralDescription |
This is thought to represent a scene in Hell. Humans and small animals are struggling in the coils of reptiles. |
GeneralDescription |
At the bottom of the scene there is a small naked human figure who is gripping in each hand the feet of the two rearing quadrupeds
at the bottom. This figure is the pivot of the composition.
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