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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 |
Front, close-up of base |
| 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 |
Front of the Cross: at the base there is a cross and figures, possibly the Crucifixion. (difficult to read) |
