Cross Base North West Of Lanercost Priory

NY 56 SE BURTHOLME LANERCOST

31/55 Cross base north-west of Lanercost Priory (previously listed under Lanercost Priory

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Priory Cross. Dated 1214. Carved red sandstone. Stepped plinth, chamfered square socket stone and fragment of shaft with carved decoration to edges, much weathered. The remainder of the shaft, with its cross head missing, was used as a gravestone in 1657 and when the nave was reroofed in the early C18, it was taken inside where it can be seen in the north aisle. Latin inscription translates: In the 1214th year from the Incarnation and the seventh year of the Interdict, Innocent III holding the Apostolic See, Otto being Emperor in Germany, Philip of France, John King of England and William King of Scotland, this Cross was made. See John R.H. Moorman, Lanercost Priory, 1983, pp16-17.

Listing NGR: NY5557563753