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Bywell Cross
Trip No.150 Entry No.1 Date Added: 12th Sep 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 10th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Bywell Cross submitted by Anne T on 12th Sep 2019. First view of the thirteenth century cross, moved from NZ 04876145 to its current location in 1852. It is grade II listed and stands 2.8m tall. The ball finial is dated to 1700.
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Log Text: Bywell Cross: Considering we live less than a couple of miles from here, and we regularly pop down to walk around here, I've never really stopped to photograph the cross here. Having decided to photograph the medieval cross slabs in St Andrew's church, I got the camera out, only to find another visitor stopped to look at it.
The gentleman told me he'd been doing an annual walk around this area for the last 5(?) years, and was heading off to Ovingham/Ovington next. I decided to come back and photograph the cross after going to St Andrew's, only to find him still there!
This is a very lovely, peaceful spot, with the River Tyne about 50m away. He did eventually wander off after a brief conversation, and I popped into the field to get a photograph of the cross from its eastern side.
St Andrew's Church (Bywell)
Trip No.150 Entry No.2 Date Added: 27th Sep 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 10th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
St Andrew's Church (Bywell) submitted by Anne T on 30th Sep 2014. Close up of the second decorated side of the larger fragment, which is the lower part of a cross shaft (Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture reference: Bywell 01). This face shows the remains of a ring knot and shield shaped pendant.
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Log Text: St Andrew's Church, Bywell: Living only a few miles from here and having visited, and taken friends there, many times over the years, it seemed remiss not to go down and photograph the wonderful collection of medieval cross slabs built into the fabric of this ancient church. Armed with Peter Ryder's "Medieval Cross Slab Grave Covers in Northumberland, 1: South West Northumberland" from Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 5, XXVIII, we were able to find all the slabs on his list - 27 in total. Brilliant! Really enjoyed this visit.