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| RecordAuthor | Orla Murphy |
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| ISODate | 2002-06-10 |
| Date | 12 June 2002 |
| PictureCredit | Jane Hawkes |
| County | Dumfriesshire |
| Townland | Ruthwell |
| OSMapRef | NV 103681 (310330, 568180) |
| Area | Scotland |
| GeneralContext | Right side of shaft, close-up. |
| 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 Saxon capitals and Anglian Runes round the panels on the four faces. |
| GeneralDescription | Right side: the shaft is divided into two panels containing scroll foliage with birds and beasts involved in the scrolls and eating the fruit. Around the vinescroll is a panel containing runic inscriptions. |
