High Cross Shaft - Waberthwaite

3D Model

This High cross shaft is likely late 9th century in date, which pre-dates the 13th century Church of St John. The stone was found in 1825 whilst the church was undergoing renovation work on the church porch and is believed to be a part of the “Waberthwaite 02” stone.

Crafted from local red sandstone, this artefact features hand-carved designs along two of the stones faces. Narrow Face B features a plant inspired composition, and Narrow Face D features an interlace motif. More information is available in The Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Culture (Cramp and Bailey, 1988) & YAT Report 2020/78 (Talbot, A. 2020)

Measurements:

Broad Face A: 1.12m (L) x 0.32m (W)

Narrow Face B: 1.19m (L) x 0.18m (H)

Broad Face C: 1.10m (H) x 0.31m (W)

Narrow Face D: 1.05m (L) x 0.20m (W)

Location: Church of St John, Waberthwaite, Cumbria

Site code: 02224.

Work undertaken by: St John’s Waberthwaite Heritage Project Group

Imaged and modeled by Briannie Price & Michael Hughes at York Archaeology (2023)