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Cross shaft (piece)

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from Mains of Penninghame, Wigtownshire

Postcard of Cross shaft (piece).
000-100-104-158-C
© National Museums Scotland

Cross shaft (piece)

This piece of a cross shaft was found at Mains of Penninghame in Wigtownshire. It was carved between 900 and 1000 in a style distinctive to the Whithorn area.

This side of the cross shaft is decorated with interlaced plaitwork. The stone is broken at the top.

Whithorn has one of the longest associations with Christianity of any place in Scotland through its link with St. Ninian, one of Scotland's early saints. He was a British bishop based at Whithorn in Wigtownshire in the second half of the 5th century.


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Online ID: 000-100-104-158-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.IB 123
Date: 900 - 1000
Between 900 and 1000
Material: Stone; imperfect; elaborately ornamented on both sides
Dimensions: 44.00" x 18.50"
What: Cross shaft
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Where: Scotland, Wigtownshire, Mains of Penninghame
Event:
Description: Cross shaft elaborately ornamented on both sides, from Mains of Penninghame, Wigtownshire, 900 - 1000
References:
  • Allen, J. R. & Anderson, J. The early Christian monuments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1903, vol. 2, pp 486-7. 
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