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| RecordAuthor |
Máirín Mac Carron |
| ISODate |
2002-07-18 |
| Date |
18 July 2002 |
| PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
| County |
Northumberland |
| Townland |
Bedlington |
| OSMapRef |
NZ 265815 |
| Area |
England |
| GeneralContext |
Stone slab, left side. |
| Location |
set into the east wall of nave, on the outside, at Bedlington. |
| GeneralContext |
Stone type: medium-grained, massive yellow sandstone. |
| Dimensions |
59.7 cm high (23.5''), 50.8 to 55.9 cm wide (20" to 22''), and built into the wall. |
| GeneralDescription |
Carved stone slab, set into the outside wall of the Church, dated to tenth century. |
| GeneralDescription |
There are two frontal figures carved on the slab, both cut off at the feet. Their shoulders touch and both have haloes with
straight sides and wedge-shaped faces.
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| GeneralDescription |
The figure on the left is holding a staff, with what looks like a Tau top, in its right hand and a book in its draped left
hand. The hems and folds of his drapery under the book are filled in by complex shallow pleats.
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