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Talking about market crosses and preaching crosses (I think the terms are interchangeable)...

...these two are in the market square at Sandbach, Cheshire (or West Mercia as it then was) They're 9th century or something like that...





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Date: 2015-12-15 01:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puddleshark.livejournal.com
Wonderful!

The carving is still so distinct.

Date: 2015-12-15 04:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
It's amazing how well it's survived.

Date: 2015-12-15 01:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com
I was going to say those are old, but you beat me to it!

Date: 2015-12-15 04:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
There's old and then there's very old....

Date: 2015-12-15 03:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pondhopper.livejournal.com
Very old and very wonderful!

Date: 2015-12-15 04:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
When they were first erected they'd almost certainly have been painted.

Date: 2015-12-15 05:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pondhopper.livejournal.com
Indeed. As were most things in the pre-Romanesque and Romanesque eras.

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