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| RecordAuthor |
Máirín Mac Carron |
| ISODate |
2002-09-20 |
| Date |
20 September 2002 |
| PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
| County |
Northumberland |
| Townland |
Rothbury |
| OSMapRef |
NU 055018 |
| Area |
England |
| GeneralContext |
Cross Shaft fragments. |
| Location |
Font base in Rothbury Church. |
| GeneralContext |
Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone. |
| GeneralDescription |
Cross Shaft fragments, dated to early ninth century, lower fragment. |
| GeneralDescription |
This is thought to represent a scene in Hell. Humans and small animals are struggling in the coils of reptiles. |
| GeneralDescription |
At the bottom of the scene there is a small naked human figure who is gripping in each hand the feet of the two rearing quadrupeds
at the bottom. This figure is the pivot of the composition.
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