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Eyam Anglo-Saxon Cross

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Eyam Anglo-Saxon Cross

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Location: Eyam, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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1. Plague Cottage – Sir William Hill Trig Point loop from Grindlow

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2. View of Eyam – Plague Cottage loop from Eyam

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3. View of Eyam – Plague Cottage loop from Eyam

8.15km

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190m

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Jonny H

July 31, 2023

Celtic cross situated in Eyam church graveyard

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May 9, 2024

This very fine Anglo-Saxon (Mercian) cross stands 8 foot tall and dates from the 8th-9th centuries. It was apparently set up by missionaries from the north at Cross Low on the moors to the west of Eyam. Originally it was a wayside preaching cross that was 10 feet high and certainly must have looked very spectacular, but now it is only 8 feet high due to it being knocked about a bit in more recent times and losing one of its shaft sections. In the 18th century the cross was discovered beside a trackway on the moors, from whence it was brought to the churchyard of St Lawrence’s church; but then for a long time it stood abandoned and uncared for in the corner of the churchyard. Eventually it was restored and placed in the churchyard where it now stands proudly.

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Location: Eyam, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Eyam Anglo-Saxon Cross

1. Plague Cottage – Sir William Hill Trig Point loop from Grindlow

2. View of Eyam – Plague Cottage loop from Eyam

3. View of Eyam – Plague Cottage loop from Eyam

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