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<< Our Photo Pages >> Rostherne Celtic Head - Sculptured Stone in England in Cheshire

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 23 February 2004  Page Views: 14681

Multi-periodSite Name: Rostherne Celtic Head
Country: England County: Cheshire Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Knutsford  Nearest Village: Rostherne
Map Ref: SJ743837  Landranger Map Number: 109
Latitude: 53.349559N  Longitude: 2.387529W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Rostherne Celtic Head
Rostherne Celtic Head submitted by vicky : A close up of the Celtic Head in Rostherne Churchyard. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Sculptured Stone in Cheshire

This supposed Celtic Head lies to the rear of the Church in Rostherne near Knutsford. It is carved into a block of sandstone and has either hair or horns on either side of its face leading to speculation that it may be associated with Cernunnos, the horned god, after which the Cornovii tribe took their name. It was reputedly pulled out of the nearby Rostherne Mere which reputedly has a mermaid and may have come from a shrine.
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Rostherne Celtic Head
Rostherne Celtic Head submitted by vicky : This supposed Celtic Head lies to the rear of the Church in Rostherne near Knutsford at SJ743837. It is carved into a block of sandstone and has either hair or horns on either side of its face leading to speculation that it may be associated with Cernunnos, the horned god. It was reputedly pulled out of the nearby Rostherne Mere which reputedly has a mermaid and may have come from a shrine. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Rostherne Celtic Head
Rostherne Celtic Head submitted by TimPrevett : The possible ancient British deity carving at Rostherne. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Rostherne Celtic Head
Rostherne Celtic Head submitted by TimPrevett (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SJ7483 : St Mary's Church and Lychgate, Rostherne by Anthony O'Neil
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Re: Rostherne Celtic Head by TimPrevett on Saturday, 11 August 2007
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Got to visit here today after a long time of wishing. If you like seriously impressive churches, this one is worth a visit. Imposing structure on a prominent raised area, to the south of the Mere. If there's a place where the siting of a church is saying something, this is it.

A mermaid is supposed to swim in via submerged tunnels from the sea and ring a bell in the water each Easter.

The carving is around the back to the NE corner of the structure.
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Re: Rostherne Celtic Head by Anonymous on Tuesday, 01 March 2005
hi,we dug up a celtic head in our front garden 40 years ago, it is the head of a man, we also dug up the head of a woman but it had been smashed so we dumped it, but the one we have is in very good condition and is sat in our shed at the moment, i have photos if you would like to see them, we would like to know a bit more about it. email me at dantheman43@lineone.net
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    Re: Rostherne Celtic Head by Thorgrim on Wednesday, 02 March 2005
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    You should take your stone head to your local museum for identification
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