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Submitted by Anne T on Monday, 11 September 2017 Page Views: 1505
Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St. Mary''s Church (Brignall)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.487 km away from the location you searched for.
County: County Durham Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Barnard Castle Nearest Village: Brignall
Map Ref: NZ0725712313
Latitude: 54.506081N Longitude: 1.889441W
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4 | Almost Perfect |
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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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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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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Anne T visited on 9th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Cross base at St. Mary's New Church, Brignall (not found): After having visited the church in Barnard Castle and Barnard Castle, we set of to Brignall. According to Pastscape, there was a 13th century cross base sitting against the south-west corner of the tower of this church, together with a Roman altar and other stones. These used to be in the rectory gardens, but were re-sited in the churchyard.
No sign of the cross base or the altar existed, unless they are in this collection of stones, all of which are badly worn. These are located against the north west corner of the tower, behind the war memorial. There was nothing against the south west corner/south west wall of the church – I walked right round in case we’d missed anything, or they had been moved.
The church was locked at the time of our visit, so I couldn’t get inside to check if these artefacts had been moved inside for safety. As we parked up, a man in the house next to the church (to its right as photographed) was standing at the window looking at us, talking on the phone. He made no move to come out and talk to us, and made me feel like an intruder.
I will need to phone the Diocesan office to find out when the church is open and if the base and altar have been moved inside the church.
According to both Pastscape Monument No. 19963 and Monument No. 19960, the remains of a cross base sits against the south west wall of the church, together with a Roman altar. These were relocated from the gardens of the former rectory.
There is no sign of either the cross base or the Roman altar, unless they are either amongst the collection of stones against the north western corner of the tower, or have been moved inside the church for safe keeping. This collection of stones includes medieval grave covers and two half octagonal column bases; the inscription on the Roman altar is said to be too worn to read.
I will email the vicar to try and ascertain where these stones might be located and update this page once I know more - unless anyone else can help!
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