Description

NX 91 SE (INSET) ST BEES B5345 (West side)
St Bees

8/68 Wall, to west of
Priory Church nave,
incorporating

9.3.67 medieval cross &
lintel
(formerly listed as part
of Priory Church of
St Mary and St Bega

G.V. I Priory Church of

St Bega)
Wall; C19 incorporating medieval fragments. Snecked rubble c7 ft high; flat
coping. Full-height semicircular niche to centre with monolithic stone
wheel-head cross c3 ft high of (early?) medieval date, probably removed to
present position from Chapel How, c1 mile to north-east of St Bees on B5345
where it served as resting (or corpse) cross. Lintel spanning niche placed
there in 1868 following its discovery embedded in late C12 south aisle wall.
Various sources give dates from C10 to C12; shape and decoration suggest
Irish/Norse influence and possible pre-Conquest date. Single stone with
triangular upper surface. Interlace and knots to either side of central scene
showing wyvern (no hind legs and 2nd, smaller head to end of tail) with head
turned over shoulder, confronting warrior armed with sword, shield, and conical
helm; said to depict St George, or St Michael (latter proposed as it was once
thought to have come from St Michael's chapel, Rottington although little is
known of this site), but the scene may be from Norse mythology rather than
Christian.

Listing NGR: NX9685612108

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Bees Priory at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7592633

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