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Description
Information board, with sketches and artist's impression.
In case it doesn't come out well, this is the text:
"Saxon Cross"
"Stanley West, then county archaeologist, made an exciting discovery in 1977. A large piece of stone built into the base of the church tower was a piece of an early stone cross. It is decorated with Anglo-Saxon interlace patterns and a mythical beast. Dating from the late 800s to early 900s, it would have been originally about 3 metres high. Such crosses are rare in Suffolk and it may have been set up as a memorial to St Botolph when his body was moved.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in AD 654 ‘Botwulf began to build the minster at Icanho’. Better known now as St Botolph, his ‘minster’ or monastery was amongst the earliest to be established in East Anglia. At his own request, the local king gave Botolph land in a ‘waste and ownerless’ place to found his monastery. Iken, surrounded by marshes and heaths, was Icanho.
The information panel records that St Botolph died in 680 and was buried by his monks at Icanho. It also records that the Vikings raided East Anglia in the winter of 869-870 and destroyed many monasteries, including Icanho. In the 10th century, Botolph’s remains were removed from the ruins for safekeeping, with the present church subsequently being built on the monastery site and dedicated to St Botolph."
In case it doesn't come out well, this is the text:
"Saxon Cross"
"Stanley West, then county archaeologist, made an exciting discovery in 1977. A large piece of stone built into the base of the church tower was a piece of an early stone cross. It is decorated with Anglo-Saxon interlace patterns and a mythical beast. Dating from the late 800s to early 900s, it would have been originally about 3 metres high. Such crosses are rare in Suffolk and it may have been set up as a memorial to St Botolph when his body was moved.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in AD 654 ‘Botwulf began to build the minster at Icanho’. Better known now as St Botolph, his ‘minster’ or monastery was amongst the earliest to be established in East Anglia. At his own request, the local king gave Botolph land in a ‘waste and ownerless’ place to found his monastery. Iken, surrounded by marshes and heaths, was Icanho.
The information panel records that St Botolph died in 680 and was buried by his monks at Icanho. It also records that the Vikings raided East Anglia in the winter of 869-870 and destroyed many monasteries, including Icanho. In the 10th century, Botolph’s remains were removed from the ruins for safekeeping, with the present church subsequently being built on the monastery site and dedicated to St Botolph."
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