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Part of the shaft of an Anglo Saxon decorated cross, stood on a modern base. It is decorated on all four faces with carvings, which include the figure of a man from the waist down; a trellis filled with geometrical ornamentation of horizontal and vertical straight lines repeated to form a band known as a fret; a modified version of T-fret; and a combination of vinescroll and frets. On the top of the shaft there is a post-medieval flat sandstone slab which shows signs of a sundial, which has latterly been used as a direction stone. The shaft was reputedly found in 1852 during the construction of the Lower Rivington Reservoir and re-erected on or near what is believed to be its original site. It was then split up, between 1853 and 1855, and the lower parts moved to Ridgmont House, Horwich, a home of W.
Title
Headless Cross
Date
late 10th C–mid–11th C
Medium
sandstone
Measurements
H 105 x W 64 x D 27 cm
Accession number
PR6_AG_S073
Acquisition method
transferred by 2nd Viscount Leverhulme
Work type
Cross
Owner
Chorley Borough Council
Custodian
Chorley Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
21/05/59
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscribed on the top stone, on the north (and front) side: TO PRESTON; on the east side: TO BLAGBUR (N missing); on the south side: TO BOULTON; on the west side: TO WIGGAN