The broad face of a carved Anglo Saxon cross-shaft from All Saints church
- Date:
- 1900 - 1920
- Location:
- All Saints Church, Sockburn, Darlington
- Reference:
- OP25503
- Type:
- Photograph (Printing Out Paper Print)
Three panels are carved into the upper part. The first has a six strand plain plait. The middle panel is the figure of an armed man facing left. One hand holds an upright spear and at his waist there is a sword. The face has been tooled away but the figure wears a pointed helmet. The lower panel is a stag facing left. Now in Conyers Chapel.
This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/14 Early Photographic Print Collection: Durham; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Anglo Saxon Architecture, Stone Carving, Early Medieval Carved Stone