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    Monuments: B
  1. Monuments: B
    1. Bakewell
    2. Bakewell
    3. Bakewell
    4. Bakewell
    5. Bakewell
    6. Bakewell
    7. Bakewell
    8. Bakewell
    9. Bakewell
    10. Bakewell
    11. Bakewell
    12. Ballyvourney
    13. Ballyvourney. Close up of Slab.
    14. Ballyvourney. Cross Slab.
    15. Bantry. Cross shaft.
    16. Bantry. Cross shaft. Close up of West Face, panel W2.
    17. Bantry. Cross shaft. Detail West face, top panels W3 and W4.
    18. Barnack
    19. Barnack
    20. Barnack
    21. Bedale
    22. Bedale
    23. Bedale
    24. Bedlington
    25. Bedlington
    26. Bedlington
    27. Bewcastle
    28. Bewcastle
    29. Bewcastle
    30. Bewcastle
    31. Bewcastle
    32. Bewcastle
    33. Boho. Cross Shaft.
    34. Boho. Cross Shaft.
    35. Boho. Cross Shaft.
    36. Bradbourne
    37. Bradbourne
    38. Bradbourne
    39. Bradbourne
    40. Bradbourne
    41. Bradbourne
    42. Bradbourne
    43. Bradford on Avon
    44. Brailsford
    45. Brechin
    46. Brechin
    47. Breedon
    48. Breedon
    49. Breedon
    50. Breedon
    51. Breedon
    52. Breedon
    53. Breedon
    54. Breedon
    55. Breedon
    56. Breedon
    57. Breedon
    58. Breedon
    59. Breedon
    60. Breedon
    61. Breedon
    62. Breedon
    63. Breedon
    64. Breedon
    65. Breedon
    66. Breedon
    67. Breedon
    68. Breedon
    69. Breedon
    70. Breedon
    71. Breedon
    72. Brixworth
    73. Broken Cross, Kells
    74. Broken Cross, Kells
    75. Broken Cross, Kells
    76. Broken Cross, Kells
    77. Broken Cross, Kells
    78. Brough of Birsay
    79. Brough of Birsay
    80. Burnsall
  2. Monuments: C

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Monuments: B

1. Breedon

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RecordAuthor Máirín Mac Carron
ISODate 2002-07-22
Date 22 July 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Leicestershire
Townland Breedon
OSMapRef SK 405225
Area England
GeneralContext Panel, centre.
Location church at Breedon.
GeneralDescription This is the central fragment on a wall panel, at the east end of the south aisle. This is dated to the early ninth century.
GeneralDescription It is suggested that this figure is Mary. This figure is set in an architectural frame of a double arch supported on cushion-like capitals and bases. The head is draped in a veil and does not have a halo. She is holding her right hand in blessing and is holding a book in her left.

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  2. Dornier, A., Mercian Studies1st, Leicester U.P., Leicester (1977) .