Sandbach Crosses
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Sandbach Crosses by Dennis Thorley as part of the Geograph project.
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Sandbach Crosses
Image: © Dennis Thorley Taken: 14 Jul 2005
Two 9th century stone crosses, decorated on all faces with carved figures, animals and vine scrolls. The taller cross shows biblical scenes and has a mutiliated head. The shorter cross has a truncated shaft with the mutilated head of another cross. They were taken from their original site and broken up. The fragments were eventually restored to their present site in 1816. The style and themes of the sculpture indicate contact with the wider Anglo-Saxon world, suggesting Sandbach was a significant centre of pre-Viking sculpture in the 9th century. See http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=11101 for additional information.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.14108
Longitude
-2.36771