Anglo-Saxon cross shaft saved from auction
Submitted by Andy B on Friday, 30 April 2010 Page Views: 5365
Early MedievalCountry: England County: Northamptonshire Type: Ancient CrossInternal Links:
Mike Pitts writes: In Monday's Guardian G2 I reported that, to the consternation of archaeologists and historians, an Anglo-Saxon stone carving was to be sold yesterday by Bonhams in London. The carving is part of a cross from Peakirk, Northamptonshire, a monument to St Pega, England's first female hermit, which fell into the hands of a couple called the Evereds when they acquired a former chapel and its outbuildings eight years ago.
It wasn't regarded as part of the listed building; neither was it covered by the Treasure Act. So the fear was that it could disappear from public view or even go abroad.
But on Tuesday evening Bonhams withdrew the item. Mike Heyworth, director of the Council for British Archaeology, had written in protest to the saleroom. ("I'm sure the Guardian article helped," he says.) The Church of England, in the person of Janet Gough, director of its cathedral and church buildings division, had also complained to Bonhams on Tuesday, writing that "we consider the legal status of this piece to be unclear."
Full story in The Guardian.
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