Sheffield Cross
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The Sheffield Cross is an Anglo-Saxon Christian monument, now on display in the British Museum.
The Cross has been dated to the early ninth century. It is believed to have stood on the future site of Sheffield Parish Church (now Sheffield Cathedral).[1] The British Museum hypothesise that it may have been demolished in 1570 during the English Reformation.[2]
The shaft of the stone cross was rediscovered hollowed out and in use as a trough in a cutler's workshop in the Park district of Sheffield.[1] The head of the cross is missing. The shaft is carved with a vine motif, a figure with a bow and arrow placed amidst the tendrils.[2]
Several crosses in Sheffield survived the Reformation, including the Market Cross, Irish Cross and Townhead Cross, but all are now lost.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Monument No. 314520. Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
- ^ a b British Museum - Stone cross shaft
