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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mary's Church (Newent) Alternative Name: The Newent Cross, Edred's StoneCountry: England
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County: Gloucestershire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Gloucester Nearest Village: Newent
Map Ref: SO724260
Latitude: 51.931821N Longitude: 2.402823W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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St Mary's Church at Newent, Gloucestershire. In the 13th century CE church of St Mary there is a late Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft and an 11th century stone. The church is famous for its 150 foot high spire. The church site is Anglo-Saxon but there was a Roman settlement here back in the 2nd century CE.
In the porch there is a 9th century cross shaft. The carvings on the front, although rather worn, depict Adam and Eve along with a serpent entwined round what is probably The Tree of Knowledge.
Inside the church a 10th-11th century slab-stone, or a stone tablet. This is similar to grave-slabs that are found in Northumbria; it may have been used as a portable altar-stone. This stone is often called Edred's Stone. This because when the stone was dug up from under the vestry in 1912, two skeletons were found with it, the skull of one of the skeletons resting on the stone had a faint inscription in memory of Edred. This person was possibly a priest.
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