Anglo-Scandinavian cross, Spondon
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Anglo-Scandinavian cross, Spondon by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Anglo-Scandinavian cross, Spondon
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 4 May 2014
Dating from around the 9th century, and located in the churchyard of St Werburgh's church. The only example in Derbyshire of a cross of this nature carved from limestone rather than sandstone; the result is that the decorative carving is severely eroded. Scheduled monument.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.91932
Longitude
-1.409362