Cross shaft (piece)

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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: 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
  Cross shaft
  
• Dimensions: 44.00" x 18.50"
  
• What: Cross shaft
  
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• Where: Scotland, Wigtownshire, Mains of Penninghame
  
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• 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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