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<< Our Photo Pages >> Whissonsett wheel-head cross - Ancient Cross in England in Norfolk

Submitted by willowman1 on Sunday, 05 July 2020  Page Views: 2072

Medieval (High and Late)Site Name: Whissonsett wheel-head cross
Country: England County: Norfolk Type: Ancient Cross
 Nearest Village: Whissonsett
Map Ref: TF91922334
Latitude: 52.773531N  Longitude: 0.843691E
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
5 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
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5 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
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Whissonsett wheel-head cross
Whissonsett wheel-head cross submitted by willowman1 : Head and partial shaft of Late Saxon wheel-head cross in Whissonsett church. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Within St. Mary's church is the only complete top of a late Saxon wheel-head cross found thus far in Norfolk. It sits in a niche in the nave wall, on the south side of the chancel arch, and has been dated stylistically to the early 11th century. Part of the shaft has survived with it, 27cm wide, while the head is 43cm across. The overall height is 62cm, but was a little taller when first found. A broken bottom edge was chiselled off flat so that it could be displayed upright.

It was discovered in 1900 on the north side of the churchyard when a grave was being dug, although it was several years before it was examined by experts. Made of Barnack limestone, it's said to be of rather crude design, with a fairly simple interlace pattern carved onto both faces. It seems likely to have been a grave-marker not much more than a metre high, on a simple block base.

Further details of this and more than 300 other Norfolk crosses can be found in 'A Survey of Medieval (and earlier) Freestanding Crosses in Norfolk' now live on my website 'Hidden East Anglia' (www.hiddenea.com.) A version of the whole Survey is also available there as a free pdf download.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TF9123 : St Mary's church, Whissonsett by Evelyn Simak
by Evelyn Simak
©2009(licence)
TF9123 : St Mary, Whissonsett, Norfolk - Window by John Salmon
by John Salmon
©2007(licence)
TF9123 : Whissonsett St Mary's church by Adrian S Pye
by Adrian S Pye
©2011(licence)
TF9123 : St Mary's, Whissonsett by G Laird
by G Laird
©2017(licence)
TF9123 : Whissonsett: parish church of St. Mary by Chris Downer
by Chris Downer
©2011(licence)

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