Cross shaft

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.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
53/1911
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Architectural fragments
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Material
stonegranite
Common Name
cross shaft
Simple Name
shaft
Period Classification
Late Saxon (900-1066)
Production Year Low
975
Production Year High
1099

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shaft of cross