Cresset stone, St Pancras's Church
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Cresset stone, St Pancras's Church
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 28 Jul 2010
On the chancel steps is a nine-light cresset stone. The hollows in this egg box like object were filled with oil and a wick floated thereon, providing a primitive form of artificial light.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.820488
Longitude
-2.42894