page_title: Bewcastle Cross
hierarchical_section_title: Bewcastle Cross
caption_attribution_description: English: The famous Bewcastle cross, in midday spring sun, showing the south and east faces. The noted architectural and art historian Nikolaus Pevsner wrote..." The Crosses of Bewcastle and Ruthwell ....are the greatest achievement of their date in the whole of Europe..". The cross is dated AD 685 - 730, the later date date now being favoured. The cross is in the graveyard of the parish church.
context_page_description: The Bewcastle Cross is an Anglo-Saxon cross which is still in its original position within the churchyard of St Cuthbert's church at Bewcastle, in the English county of Cumbria. The cross, which probably dates from the 7th or early 8th century, features reliefs and inscriptions in the runic alphabet. The head of the cross is missing but the remains are 14.5 feet high, and almost square in section 22 x 21 1/4 inches at the base. The crosses of Bewcastle and Ruthwell have been described by the scholar Nikolaus Pevsner as "the greatest achievement of their date in the whole of Europe".
context_section_description: The Bewcastle Cross is an Anglo-Saxon cross which is still in its original position within the churchyard of St Cuthbert's church at Bewcastle, in the English county of Cumbria. The cross, which probably dates from the 7th or early 8th century, features reliefs and inscriptions in the runic alphabet. The head of the cross is missing but the remains are 14.5 feet (4.4 metres) high, and almost square in section 22 x 21 1/4 inches (56 x 54 cm) at the base. The crosses of Bewcastle and Ruthwell have been described by the scholar Nikolaus Pevsner as "the greatest achievement of their date in the whole of Europe".
caption: Bewcastle: the south and east faces of the cross
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