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Some Recently-Discovered Anglo-Saxon Carvings at Breedon-on-the-Hill
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Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society 39 |
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Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society
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39
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20 - 23 |
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| Abstract: |
During 1959, it became necessary to carry out certain restoration work upon the church of SS. Mary and Hardulph, Breedon-on-the-Hill, a building well known for its magnificent series of Anglo-Saxon sculptured stones. After the removal of a rubble buttress, a carved stone was found, built horizontally into the exterior face of the wall of the north aisle. This stone was carefully extracted, by the contractor's workmen, and seen to be a portion of a rectangular cross-shaft, with an overall length of 1ft. 8½ in. and with sides 9¼ in. by 8½ in. tapering to 7¾ in. by 6½ in. It had originally been decorated on all four surfaces, but one ·side had subsequently been defaced. The other three faces of the shaft were in a fair state of preservation. |
| Year of Publication: |
1963
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Anglo-Saxon
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Carving
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Breedon-on-the-Hill
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church of SS. Mary and Hardulph
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sculpture
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Leicestershire
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ADS Archive
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| Created Date: |
08 Jun 2023 |
