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1. Sandbach

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RecordAuthor Máirín Mac Carron
ISODate 2002-09-23
Date 23 September 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Cheshire
Townland Sandbach
OSMapRef SJ 755605
Area England
GeneralContext North Cross Shaft, top, East view.
GeneralDescription North Cross Shaft, top, East view. The cross is dated to the early ninth century.
GeneralDescription The Cross Head has the lower part of a figure in the centre of it.
GeneralDescription At the top of the shaft there is a panel which is difficult to identify. It is thought that it represents the Baptism of Christ, New Testament, Matt. 3; Mark 1; Luke 3; John 1:32.

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