St Dennis - Church of St Dennis - Ancient cross (front)
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St Dennis - Church of St Dennis - Ancient cross (front)
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 2 Sep 2023
This ancient cross is situated adjacent to the path from the church gates to the South Porch of Image It is richly decorated and an unusual shape, having a horseshoe shaped head rather than a circular one. There is a cross incised into both sides of the head and hour-glass or chalice shapes on the shaft. It is of unknown age, but certainly pre-conquest, probably around the C7th or C8th. See also Image] and Image] It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1003115?section=official-list-entry This old cross is rather charmingly simplistic and homespun, but crosses of this time were not all so crude - compare it with the similarly venerable Image] for example.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.388696
Longitude
-4.884277