Cross shaft

Description

This is the lower part of a stone cross, decorated with simple interlaced patterns. In 1778 it was discovered among the stonework which had been used to build the old Exe Bridge in Exeter.

Accession Loan No.

53/1911

Collection Class

Architectural fragments

Common Name

cross shaft

Simple Name

shaft

Full Name

shaft of cross

Dimensions

whole width 420 mm; whole height 1940 mm; whole depth 330 mm; mount height 220 mm; mount width 600 mm; mount depth 600 mm

Period Classification

Late Saxon (900-1066)

Production Year Low

975

Production Year High

1099

Family Group



Material

stone; granite

Collection Site Name

Exe Bridge

Collection Town

Exeter

Collection County

Devon

Collection Country

United Kingdom: England

Collection Area Region

Northern Europe

Collection Continent

Europe