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Object type: Small crucifixion
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Corpus volume reference: Vol 10 p. 268
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Appendix B item (stones wrongly associated with pre-Conquest period)
Small crucifixion, 'dug up a few years ago' (Bartleet 1882–3), now lying in the churchyard. Badly weathered and probably used at some point as a gable cross. The top of the cross is missing and the bottom has been trimmed back to fit into a socket. Both surviving arms end with chamfered stepped terminals. The figure of Christ has a large head, now little more than an outline, and very small arms. He wears a loin-cloth. The legs are slightly bowed and possibly crossed. Although it has been suggested that this cross might be Anglo-Saxon, nothing about it supports this view. Coatsworth indicates that it is probably thirteenth century (Coatsworth 1979; 1988).
