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| RecordAuthor |
Orla Murphy |
| ISODate |
2002-06-10 |
| Date |
12 June 2002 |
| PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
| County |
Dumfriesshire |
| Townland |
Ruthwell |
| OSMapRef |
NV 103681 (310330, 568180) |
| Area |
Scotland |
| GeneralContext |
Back, close-up of bottom of shaft |
| Location |
Church of Ruthwell |
| GeneralContext |
Stone type: Red Sandstone |
| Dimensions |
17' high, shaft is 1'9'' wide at bottom and 1'1'' at the top, the head of the cross is 3'1'' wide, and the top arm is 9''
wide, the thickness is 1'6'' at the bottom to 9'' at the top.
|
| GeneralDescription |
The Ruthwell Cross has sculpture on its four faces and incised capitals and runic inscriptions around the panels on the four
faces.
|
| GeneralDescription |
Back of the Cross: (?)Flight into Egypt (New Testament, Matthew 2:13). Inscription, mostly obliterated reads ' +MARIA ET IO[sephus]. |
