Information for record number MWA3355:
Findspot - Early Medieval stone cross shaft fragment

Summary Findspot - a fragment of a carved stone cross shaft of Early Medieval date, probably pre-Viking. It may have come from Rugby church. The fragment is now in Warwick Museum.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Early medieval (801 AD - 1065 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Rugby
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 50 74
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 F Cottrill reported that in 1935 a fragment of pre-Norman cross-shaft was preserved in Rugby Museum. It formerly stood in the garden in Horton Crescent, Rugby, and according to Dr G A Auden it was probably removed from Rugby Church at the rebuilding of 1877. It may have served as building material in the old Church. In 1919 it was given by Dr A I Simey to Rugby Museum. Mr Kenneth Oakley reports the stone to be a fine-grained felspathic grit, which may be matched with Upper Keuper sandstone which occurs within a few miles of Rugby. The fragment, 18 inches high, shows parts of three decorated faces, the fourth having broken away. The style of the cross is similar to the pre-Viking crosses of Northumbria and N Mercia.
4 In Autumn 1986 the lost cross fragment was found in Rugby Museum and transferred to Warwick Museum.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Ant J
Author/originator: Cottrill F
Date: 1935
Page Number: 475
Volume/Sheet: 15
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title:
Author/originator: Cramp R
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Offprint
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Descriptive Text
Title: TBAS vol 68
Author/originator: Nelson J
Date: 1952
Page Number: 86
Volume/Sheet: 68
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Pickin J
Date: 1986
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3355
   
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument SHAFT * Use only if function unknown, otherwise use specific type. back
monument CARVED STONE * A stone (including standing stones, natural boulders and rock outcrops) decorated with carved motifs. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument CRESCENT * A row of houses whose facade in plan follows the concave arc of a circle or ellipse, eg. The Royal Crescent, Bath. back
monument CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. back

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