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Publication drawing; Details of Wamphray incised cross.

SC 382759

Description Publication drawing; Details of Wamphray incised cross.

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 382759

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of DC 32771

Scope and Content Drawing showing the exposed side of a cross-shaft fragment built into Wamphray church, Dumfries and Galloway A fragment of a finely carved cross-shaft has been reused as a lintel over the west door of Wamphray church. Local tradition suggests the stone came from the site of a nearby chapel at Barneygill. Although only a small portion of the stone's edge is visible, the decoration can be reconstructed. A pattern of three interlaced loops with long glides seems to repeat itself along the edge of the shaft. The carvings date to around the 9th century, a period when the Angles of Northumbria settled across lowland Scotland and Cumbria. Along with the settlers came monasteries and churches, where finely carved free-standing crosses such as this were produced. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference Inv. fig. 279B

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/382759

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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