Becky Wallower
@bwallower.bsky.social
archaeology, history, environment, quirky stuff -- love London, arts, travel -- writer, organiser, modest activist/stirrer 🏺
#StainedGlassSunday
V eclectic collection of panels grace windows of dining hall in St Michael's Mount castle.
Mostly Flemish, purchased by 5th/last Baronet St Aubyn c. early 19th C, they include this:
a rather fab yellow-spotted devilish creatures gathering up wayward souls into the mouth of hell.
V eclectic collection of panels grace windows of dining hall in St Michael's Mount castle.
Mostly Flemish, purchased by 5th/last Baronet St Aubyn c. early 19th C, they include this:
a rather fab yellow-spotted devilish creatures gathering up wayward souls into the mouth of hell.
January 18, 2026 at 11:42 AM
#StainedGlassSunday
V eclectic collection of panels grace windows of dining hall in St Michael's Mount castle.
Mostly Flemish, purchased by 5th/last Baronet St Aubyn c. early 19th C, they include this:
a rather fab yellow-spotted devilish creatures gathering up wayward souls into the mouth of hell.
V eclectic collection of panels grace windows of dining hall in St Michael's Mount castle.
Mostly Flemish, purchased by 5th/last Baronet St Aubyn c. early 19th C, they include this:
a rather fab yellow-spotted devilish creatures gathering up wayward souls into the mouth of hell.
#RomanSiteSaturday 🏺
Atmospheric, shifting shadows around the #Roman amphitheatre in Arles.
Not keen on the bullfighting that still goes on, but site's a reminder that after bullfighting season in 1888 Van Gogh painted the crowds at the Arena from memory while living in nearby Yellow House w Gaugin.
Atmospheric, shifting shadows around the #Roman amphitheatre in Arles.
Not keen on the bullfighting that still goes on, but site's a reminder that after bullfighting season in 1888 Van Gogh painted the crowds at the Arena from memory while living in nearby Yellow House w Gaugin.
January 17, 2026 at 1:06 PM
#RomanSiteSaturday 🏺
Atmospheric, shifting shadows around the #Roman amphitheatre in Arles.
Not keen on the bullfighting that still goes on, but site's a reminder that after bullfighting season in 1888 Van Gogh painted the crowds at the Arena from memory while living in nearby Yellow House w Gaugin.
Atmospheric, shifting shadows around the #Roman amphitheatre in Arles.
Not keen on the bullfighting that still goes on, but site's a reminder that after bullfighting season in 1888 Van Gogh painted the crowds at the Arena from memory while living in nearby Yellow House w Gaugin.
#AdoorableThursday
The door(s) from Cheyneygates passageway to Westminster Abbey's cloisters opens to 14th C Abbots (now Dean's) Court.
The courtyard gives access to Abbot's Hall (now mainly Westminster School's dining hall), Jerusalem Chamber + Jericho Parlour and Abbot's/now Dean's quarters.
The door(s) from Cheyneygates passageway to Westminster Abbey's cloisters opens to 14th C Abbots (now Dean's) Court.
The courtyard gives access to Abbot's Hall (now mainly Westminster School's dining hall), Jerusalem Chamber + Jericho Parlour and Abbot's/now Dean's quarters.
January 15, 2026 at 11:14 AM
#AdoorableThursday
The door(s) from Cheyneygates passageway to Westminster Abbey's cloisters opens to 14th C Abbots (now Dean's) Court.
The courtyard gives access to Abbot's Hall (now mainly Westminster School's dining hall), Jerusalem Chamber + Jericho Parlour and Abbot's/now Dean's quarters.
The door(s) from Cheyneygates passageway to Westminster Abbey's cloisters opens to 14th C Abbots (now Dean's) Court.
The courtyard gives access to Abbot's Hall (now mainly Westminster School's dining hall), Jerusalem Chamber + Jericho Parlour and Abbot's/now Dean's quarters.
A few #WindowsOnWednesday remain in ruined #medieval #WallsOnWednesday around Castello Doria, and the churches and convent above fishing village of Portovenere.
Intentionally or not, they frame views up and down the Ligurian coast beyond very nicely. And Lord Byron used to meditate near here.
Intentionally or not, they frame views up and down the Ligurian coast beyond very nicely. And Lord Byron used to meditate near here.
January 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
A few #WindowsOnWednesday remain in ruined #medieval #WallsOnWednesday around Castello Doria, and the churches and convent above fishing village of Portovenere.
Intentionally or not, they frame views up and down the Ligurian coast beyond very nicely. And Lord Byron used to meditate near here.
Intentionally or not, they frame views up and down the Ligurian coast beyond very nicely. And Lord Byron used to meditate near here.
There are niches in the tomb of Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey as well, but you can get more of your body in them and they're under the coffin.... Much of the cosmati mosaic tiling has been picked of as souvenirs.
January 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
There are niches in the tomb of Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey as well, but you can get more of your body in them and they're under the coffin.... Much of the cosmati mosaic tiling has been picked of as souvenirs.
Simple #TombTuesday of St Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury from 1065.
Originally in 1st Cathedral at Old Sarum for 1099 burial, moved 1226 to new cathedral.
Holes allowed closer contact for pilgrims to crawl in, kiss coffin lid.
Osmund's magnificent shrine from 1457 canonization wrecked in Reformation.
Originally in 1st Cathedral at Old Sarum for 1099 burial, moved 1226 to new cathedral.
Holes allowed closer contact for pilgrims to crawl in, kiss coffin lid.
Osmund's magnificent shrine from 1457 canonization wrecked in Reformation.
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Simple #TombTuesday of St Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury from 1065.
Originally in 1st Cathedral at Old Sarum for 1099 burial, moved 1226 to new cathedral.
Holes allowed closer contact for pilgrims to crawl in, kiss coffin lid.
Osmund's magnificent shrine from 1457 canonization wrecked in Reformation.
Originally in 1st Cathedral at Old Sarum for 1099 burial, moved 1226 to new cathedral.
Holes allowed closer contact for pilgrims to crawl in, kiss coffin lid.
Osmund's magnificent shrine from 1457 canonization wrecked in Reformation.
#MosaicMonday 🏺
Boar meets lion in lively if unsophisticated panel from 4-5 C AD domus in #Roman Tarentum, w rocks + trees in background.
Was on short side of large octagonal patterned floor that also featured fish/dolphin panels.
Excavated 1909, in MArTA: National Archaeological Museum Taranto
Boar meets lion in lively if unsophisticated panel from 4-5 C AD domus in #Roman Tarentum, w rocks + trees in background.
Was on short side of large octagonal patterned floor that also featured fish/dolphin panels.
Excavated 1909, in MArTA: National Archaeological Museum Taranto
January 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
#MosaicMonday 🏺
Boar meets lion in lively if unsophisticated panel from 4-5 C AD domus in #Roman Tarentum, w rocks + trees in background.
Was on short side of large octagonal patterned floor that also featured fish/dolphin panels.
Excavated 1909, in MArTA: National Archaeological Museum Taranto
Boar meets lion in lively if unsophisticated panel from 4-5 C AD domus in #Roman Tarentum, w rocks + trees in background.
Was on short side of large octagonal patterned floor that also featured fish/dolphin panels.
Excavated 1909, in MArTA: National Archaeological Museum Taranto
True, but interesting, nicely restored and superb views. And there were some locals selling their taralli and other little treats in the car park to add to the charm....
View to sea:
View to sea:
January 10, 2026 at 11:53 PM
True, but interesting, nicely restored and superb views. And there were some locals selling their taralli and other little treats in the car park to add to the charm....
View to sea:
View to sea:
True, but interesting, nicely restored and superb views. And there were some locals selling their tarrali and other little treats in the car park to add to the charm....
View to sea:
View to sea:
January 10, 2026 at 11:51 PM
True, but interesting, nicely restored and superb views. And there were some locals selling their tarrali and other little treats in the car park to add to the charm....
View to sea:
View to sea:
#CastleSaturday
Castel del Monte dominates Puglia's Murge plateau + visible from sea
Creation of Swabian Emperor Frederick II in 1240, using v fine materials + design.
Octagon form w 8 octagonal towers symbol of fusion of celestial+earthly power. Resistant to attack, provides control + good hawking.
Castel del Monte dominates Puglia's Murge plateau + visible from sea
Creation of Swabian Emperor Frederick II in 1240, using v fine materials + design.
Octagon form w 8 octagonal towers symbol of fusion of celestial+earthly power. Resistant to attack, provides control + good hawking.
January 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
#CastleSaturday
Castel del Monte dominates Puglia's Murge plateau + visible from sea
Creation of Swabian Emperor Frederick II in 1240, using v fine materials + design.
Octagon form w 8 octagonal towers symbol of fusion of celestial+earthly power. Resistant to attack, provides control + good hawking.
Castel del Monte dominates Puglia's Murge plateau + visible from sea
Creation of Swabian Emperor Frederick II in 1240, using v fine materials + design.
Octagon form w 8 octagonal towers symbol of fusion of celestial+earthly power. Resistant to attack, provides control + good hawking.
A fishy dish for #FindsFriday.
Often found in funerary contexts, so hypothetically for 'ritual banquets'.
This one, by artist known as 'the eyebrow painter', also features lively hornshell + mussel.
🏺
Terracotta, Magna Graecia, 310-300BC.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Matera, Basilicata.
Often found in funerary contexts, so hypothetically for 'ritual banquets'.
This one, by artist known as 'the eyebrow painter', also features lively hornshell + mussel.
🏺
Terracotta, Magna Graecia, 310-300BC.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Matera, Basilicata.
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
A fishy dish for #FindsFriday.
Often found in funerary contexts, so hypothetically for 'ritual banquets'.
This one, by artist known as 'the eyebrow painter', also features lively hornshell + mussel.
🏺
Terracotta, Magna Graecia, 310-300BC.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Matera, Basilicata.
Often found in funerary contexts, so hypothetically for 'ritual banquets'.
This one, by artist known as 'the eyebrow painter', also features lively hornshell + mussel.
🏺
Terracotta, Magna Graecia, 310-300BC.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Matera, Basilicata.
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Bishop Hooper's lodgings in Westgate Street Gloucester.
Bishop Hooper's lodgings in Westgate Street Gloucester.
January 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Bishop Hooper's lodgings in Westgate Street Gloucester.
Bishop Hooper's lodgings in Westgate Street Gloucester.
The door that John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, passed through on his way to being burnt at the stake on 9th February 1555. After 17 months in Fleet prison, he still refused Queen Mary's orders to recant Protestantism.
See /2 for house/street view.
#AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
See /2 for house/street view.
#AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
January 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
The door that John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, passed through on his way to being burnt at the stake on 9th February 1555. After 17 months in Fleet prison, he still refused Queen Mary's orders to recant Protestantism.
See /2 for house/street view.
#AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
See /2 for house/street view.
#AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
#WindowsOnWednesday #WallsOnWednesday 🏺
Villa Poppea, Campania
Walking through #Roman villa at Oplontis to peristyle around vast pool + gardens, you might catch sight of viridaria like this.
Open to sky, they offer unexpected views of exotic plants + birds painted on the walls around small gardens.
Villa Poppea, Campania
Walking through #Roman villa at Oplontis to peristyle around vast pool + gardens, you might catch sight of viridaria like this.
Open to sky, they offer unexpected views of exotic plants + birds painted on the walls around small gardens.
January 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
#WindowsOnWednesday #WallsOnWednesday 🏺
Villa Poppea, Campania
Walking through #Roman villa at Oplontis to peristyle around vast pool + gardens, you might catch sight of viridaria like this.
Open to sky, they offer unexpected views of exotic plants + birds painted on the walls around small gardens.
Villa Poppea, Campania
Walking through #Roman villa at Oplontis to peristyle around vast pool + gardens, you might catch sight of viridaria like this.
Open to sky, they offer unexpected views of exotic plants + birds painted on the walls around small gardens.
#Epiphany #TympanumTuesday
The three kings arrive and present their gifts to the child Jesus: on lintel of Romanesque portal of Pieve Sant' Andrea in Pistoia.
Dated 1166, by Gruamonte, a sculptor/architect influenced by Pisa/Lucca style.
A rare portrayal, also related to Via Francigena pilgrimage.
The three kings arrive and present their gifts to the child Jesus: on lintel of Romanesque portal of Pieve Sant' Andrea in Pistoia.
Dated 1166, by Gruamonte, a sculptor/architect influenced by Pisa/Lucca style.
A rare portrayal, also related to Via Francigena pilgrimage.
January 6, 2026 at 9:45 AM
#Epiphany #TympanumTuesday
The three kings arrive and present their gifts to the child Jesus: on lintel of Romanesque portal of Pieve Sant' Andrea in Pistoia.
Dated 1166, by Gruamonte, a sculptor/architect influenced by Pisa/Lucca style.
A rare portrayal, also related to Via Francigena pilgrimage.
The three kings arrive and present their gifts to the child Jesus: on lintel of Romanesque portal of Pieve Sant' Andrea in Pistoia.
Dated 1166, by Gruamonte, a sculptor/architect influenced by Pisa/Lucca style.
A rare portrayal, also related to Via Francigena pilgrimage.
#InternationalBirdDay
A no doubt squawking parakeet: once on a cubiculum architrave #Fresco of Casa Salese #Roman Villa, and now in Stabiae museum, Campania.
Meanwhile in London, a gang of 5 ring neck parakeets are dominating my garden this winter. Annoying, greedy, noisy, but always fascinating.
A no doubt squawking parakeet: once on a cubiculum architrave #Fresco of Casa Salese #Roman Villa, and now in Stabiae museum, Campania.
Meanwhile in London, a gang of 5 ring neck parakeets are dominating my garden this winter. Annoying, greedy, noisy, but always fascinating.
January 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
#InternationalBirdDay
A no doubt squawking parakeet: once on a cubiculum architrave #Fresco of Casa Salese #Roman Villa, and now in Stabiae museum, Campania.
Meanwhile in London, a gang of 5 ring neck parakeets are dominating my garden this winter. Annoying, greedy, noisy, but always fascinating.
A no doubt squawking parakeet: once on a cubiculum architrave #Fresco of Casa Salese #Roman Villa, and now in Stabiae museum, Campania.
Meanwhile in London, a gang of 5 ring neck parakeets are dominating my garden this winter. Annoying, greedy, noisy, but always fascinating.
1st #MosaicMonday of 2026 so wishing you best possible #NewYear + revelries galore w a Pompeiian panther + Dionysian symbols.
Collected by 18thC Neapolitan aristo Santangelo, whose vast piles of local artefacts rarely seen, even once MANN acquired in 1865.
But clxn now to be key part of new MANN2! 🏺
Collected by 18thC Neapolitan aristo Santangelo, whose vast piles of local artefacts rarely seen, even once MANN acquired in 1865.
But clxn now to be key part of new MANN2! 🏺
January 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
1st #MosaicMonday of 2026 so wishing you best possible #NewYear + revelries galore w a Pompeiian panther + Dionysian symbols.
Collected by 18thC Neapolitan aristo Santangelo, whose vast piles of local artefacts rarely seen, even once MANN acquired in 1865.
But clxn now to be key part of new MANN2! 🏺
Collected by 18thC Neapolitan aristo Santangelo, whose vast piles of local artefacts rarely seen, even once MANN acquired in 1865.
But clxn now to be key part of new MANN2! 🏺
#StoneworkSunday
Random chat w strangers from Tewkesbury visiting @dulwichgallery.bsky.social led to mention of magnificent fan vaulting of Abbey's Beauchamp Chapel, built c 1430 by Isabel Despenser in honour of 1st husband Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester d 1422.
Et voilà.
#SundayStonework
Random chat w strangers from Tewkesbury visiting @dulwichgallery.bsky.social led to mention of magnificent fan vaulting of Abbey's Beauchamp Chapel, built c 1430 by Isabel Despenser in honour of 1st husband Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester d 1422.
Et voilà.
#SundayStonework
January 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
#StoneworkSunday
Random chat w strangers from Tewkesbury visiting @dulwichgallery.bsky.social led to mention of magnificent fan vaulting of Abbey's Beauchamp Chapel, built c 1430 by Isabel Despenser in honour of 1st husband Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester d 1422.
Et voilà.
#SundayStonework
Random chat w strangers from Tewkesbury visiting @dulwichgallery.bsky.social led to mention of magnificent fan vaulting of Abbey's Beauchamp Chapel, built c 1430 by Isabel Despenser in honour of 1st husband Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester d 1422.
Et voilà.
#SundayStonework
#CastleSaturday
Fortezza Medicea in walled Tuscan hilltop town of Volterra.
Built 14th C before Volterra/Florence relations got very edgy over control of alum mines. When Florentines got upper hand in 15th C, Lorenzo the Magnificent upgraded the castle.
And it's now a prison in a park.
Fortezza Medicea in walled Tuscan hilltop town of Volterra.
Built 14th C before Volterra/Florence relations got very edgy over control of alum mines. When Florentines got upper hand in 15th C, Lorenzo the Magnificent upgraded the castle.
And it's now a prison in a park.
January 3, 2026 at 7:44 PM
#CastleSaturday
Fortezza Medicea in walled Tuscan hilltop town of Volterra.
Built 14th C before Volterra/Florence relations got very edgy over control of alum mines. When Florentines got upper hand in 15th C, Lorenzo the Magnificent upgraded the castle.
And it's now a prison in a park.
Fortezza Medicea in walled Tuscan hilltop town of Volterra.
Built 14th C before Volterra/Florence relations got very edgy over control of alum mines. When Florentines got upper hand in 15th C, Lorenzo the Magnificent upgraded the castle.
And it's now a prison in a park.
#FrescoFriday #FindsFriday 🏺
One memorable day working in finds room at MOLA many moons ago we recorded some of London's best #Roman wall plaster.
Grapes are virtually edible, goldfinch became my profile pic: the fantastic #frescos were from Lime St site in the City, just to east of forum basilica.
One memorable day working in finds room at MOLA many moons ago we recorded some of London's best #Roman wall plaster.
Grapes are virtually edible, goldfinch became my profile pic: the fantastic #frescos were from Lime St site in the City, just to east of forum basilica.
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
#FrescoFriday #FindsFriday 🏺
One memorable day working in finds room at MOLA many moons ago we recorded some of London's best #Roman wall plaster.
Grapes are virtually edible, goldfinch became my profile pic: the fantastic #frescos were from Lime St site in the City, just to east of forum basilica.
One memorable day working in finds room at MOLA many moons ago we recorded some of London's best #Roman wall plaster.
Grapes are virtually edible, goldfinch became my profile pic: the fantastic #frescos were from Lime St site in the City, just to east of forum basilica.
#AdoorableThursday
Door to the slype @gloucestercathedral.org.uk - a medieval passageway on the northwest corner, leading to the cloisters.
Under the curious scalloped header with 2 figures, the decorative top of the door is also carved with petals, circles and leaves, and a date of 1614.
Door to the slype @gloucestercathedral.org.uk - a medieval passageway on the northwest corner, leading to the cloisters.
Under the curious scalloped header with 2 figures, the decorative top of the door is also carved with petals, circles and leaves, and a date of 1614.
January 1, 2026 at 3:12 PM
#AdoorableThursday
Door to the slype @gloucestercathedral.org.uk - a medieval passageway on the northwest corner, leading to the cloisters.
Under the curious scalloped header with 2 figures, the decorative top of the door is also carved with petals, circles and leaves, and a date of 1614.
Door to the slype @gloucestercathedral.org.uk - a medieval passageway on the northwest corner, leading to the cloisters.
Under the curious scalloped header with 2 figures, the decorative top of the door is also carved with petals, circles and leaves, and a date of 1614.
#ReliefWednesday
Orgiastic scenes w Dionysus in drunken state, in feminine guise + wearing oriental costume on 2nd C #Roman sarcophagus. Satyrs, satyresses, fauns + priest join in rural rituals. In MANN.
Have a glorious, if not so dissolute, #NewYearsEve - and hope 2026 is a v fine year for you. 🏺
Orgiastic scenes w Dionysus in drunken state, in feminine guise + wearing oriental costume on 2nd C #Roman sarcophagus. Satyrs, satyresses, fauns + priest join in rural rituals. In MANN.
Have a glorious, if not so dissolute, #NewYearsEve - and hope 2026 is a v fine year for you. 🏺
December 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#ReliefWednesday
Orgiastic scenes w Dionysus in drunken state, in feminine guise + wearing oriental costume on 2nd C #Roman sarcophagus. Satyrs, satyresses, fauns + priest join in rural rituals. In MANN.
Have a glorious, if not so dissolute, #NewYearsEve - and hope 2026 is a v fine year for you. 🏺
Orgiastic scenes w Dionysus in drunken state, in feminine guise + wearing oriental costume on 2nd C #Roman sarcophagus. Satyrs, satyresses, fauns + priest join in rural rituals. In MANN.
Have a glorious, if not so dissolute, #NewYearsEve - and hope 2026 is a v fine year for you. 🏺
#TilesonTuesday
Relatively rare in England, Spanish tiles were imported from Seville for the rebuilding of All Hallows Lombard Street in the City of London from 1494, where they were used in the chancel.
With luck will reappear in new London Museum reopening 2026 in Smithfield.
Relatively rare in England, Spanish tiles were imported from Seville for the rebuilding of All Hallows Lombard Street in the City of London from 1494, where they were used in the chancel.
With luck will reappear in new London Museum reopening 2026 in Smithfield.
December 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
#TilesonTuesday
Relatively rare in England, Spanish tiles were imported from Seville for the rebuilding of All Hallows Lombard Street in the City of London from 1494, where they were used in the chancel.
With luck will reappear in new London Museum reopening 2026 in Smithfield.
Relatively rare in England, Spanish tiles were imported from Seville for the rebuilding of All Hallows Lombard Street in the City of London from 1494, where they were used in the chancel.
With luck will reappear in new London Museum reopening 2026 in Smithfield.
#MedievalMonday
On Feast Day of #StThomasBecket, this exceptional font in Lyngsjö Church, Sweden, where saint was v popular.
Made 20 years after Becket's 1170 assassination, Henry II shown as instigating murder. On L he holds a scroll inscribed REX H[EN]ricus. On R knights attack the archbishop.
On Feast Day of #StThomasBecket, this exceptional font in Lyngsjö Church, Sweden, where saint was v popular.
Made 20 years after Becket's 1170 assassination, Henry II shown as instigating murder. On L he holds a scroll inscribed REX H[EN]ricus. On R knights attack the archbishop.
December 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
#MedievalMonday
On Feast Day of #StThomasBecket, this exceptional font in Lyngsjö Church, Sweden, where saint was v popular.
Made 20 years after Becket's 1170 assassination, Henry II shown as instigating murder. On L he holds a scroll inscribed REX H[EN]ricus. On R knights attack the archbishop.
On Feast Day of #StThomasBecket, this exceptional font in Lyngsjö Church, Sweden, where saint was v popular.
Made 20 years after Becket's 1170 assassination, Henry II shown as instigating murder. On L he holds a scroll inscribed REX H[EN]ricus. On R knights attack the archbishop.
#SaxonSunday
10th C monumental #StoneworkSunday cross shaft w elaborate decoration: eg acanthus top rt rare in S England but has parallels 8th C Jerusalem.
Found in East Stour Dorset chimney breast 1939 then used as garden ornament; BM acquired 1969.
Faith Museum, Auckland Project, Bishop Auckland.
10th C monumental #StoneworkSunday cross shaft w elaborate decoration: eg acanthus top rt rare in S England but has parallels 8th C Jerusalem.
Found in East Stour Dorset chimney breast 1939 then used as garden ornament; BM acquired 1969.
Faith Museum, Auckland Project, Bishop Auckland.
December 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#SaxonSunday
10th C monumental #StoneworkSunday cross shaft w elaborate decoration: eg acanthus top rt rare in S England but has parallels 8th C Jerusalem.
Found in East Stour Dorset chimney breast 1939 then used as garden ornament; BM acquired 1969.
Faith Museum, Auckland Project, Bishop Auckland.
10th C monumental #StoneworkSunday cross shaft w elaborate decoration: eg acanthus top rt rare in S England but has parallels 8th C Jerusalem.
Found in East Stour Dorset chimney breast 1939 then used as garden ornament; BM acquired 1969.
Faith Museum, Auckland Project, Bishop Auckland.