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High Cross (Western)
High Cross (Western)
High Cross (Western)
High Cross (Western)
High Cross (Western)
High Cross (Western)

Image credit: Stewart Bond / Art UK

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The cross shows Viking influences in its decoration, reflecting the Scandinavian conquests in the area towards the end of the ninth century. The shaft of the cross is rectangular in cross section, and tapers towards the top. All four sides have been decorated but only the eastern side has survived heavy weathering. This contains six panels, three of which depict interlaced decoration and three of which depict human, bird and animal figures. The top of the shaft has been broken and now has the remains of a small damaged Anglo-Saxon cross head, originally with expanded arms rounded at the ends. According to the 'Journal of Antiquities', the third middle panel shows a saint in prayer with up-raised hands, or it may be Christ, standing between serpents.

Title

High Cross (Western)

Date

early 11th C

Medium

sandstone

Measurements

H 290 x W 77 x D 24 cm;
Plinth: H 45 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

BB7_SB_S103

Work type

Cross

Owner

St Mary and All Saints Church

Custodian

St Mary and All Saints Church

Work status

extant

Listing status

Scheduled Monument

Listing date

25/02/51

Access

at all times

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Located at

Church Lane, Whalley

BB7 9SY

In the churchyard south of St Mary and All Saints church.