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Ruthwell Cross
The Ruthwell Cross is a stone Anglo-Saxon cross probably dating to the 8th century, when Ruthwell was part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria; it is now in Scotland. Anglo-Saxon crosses are closely related to the contemporary Irish high crosses, and both are part of the Insular art tradition. The Ruthwell cross features the largest figurative reliefs found on any surviving Anglo-Saxon cross - which are virtually the largest surviving Anglo-Saxon reliefs of any sort - and has inscriptions in both Latin and, more unusually for a Christian monument, the runic alphabet, the latter containing lines similar to lines 39-64 of The Dream of the Rood, an Old English poem, which were possibly added at a later date. It is 18 feet (5.5 metres) high. The cross was smashed by Presbyterian iconoclasts in 1664, and the pieces left in the churchyard until they were restored in 1818 by Henry Duncan. In 1887 it was moved into its current location in Ruthwell church, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, when the apse which holds it was specially built.
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Pat and Richard Armstrong
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Places to see:
Talkin Tarn
Teesdale
Hexham
Dumfries
SouthTyne
Blanchland
Kielder
Hadrian's Wall
The Solway
Carlisle City Centre Shopping
The Lanes, Carlisle
Gretna Green Outlet Village
Longtown
Brampton
Second Hand Bookshops
Pub Food
Geltsdale Brewery
Harris Museum
Carlisle Cathedral
Things to do:
Fishing
Walking
Cycling
Riding
Birdwatching
Wildlife watching
Sailing
Canoeing
Open water swimming
Things to do at the cottage
Birdwatching
Wildlife watching
Play house and swing
The large lawned garden over looking the moss
Games
Books
Cooking with the fine local farm produce
Painting
Photography
Visitor reading list
Local places of interest
Blanchland
Brampton
Caerlaverock
Carlisle Castle
Carlisle Cathedral
Carlisle Town Centre
Gillfort Bay
Hexham / Abbey/Moot Hall/ Old Gaol
High Head Sculpture Valley
Kielder
Lanercost
Mereshead
New Abbey Corn Mill
Ruthwell Cross
The Solway Coast
SouthTyne
Sweetheart Abbey
Talkin Tarn
Teesdale
Tullie House
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The world of Beatrix Potter
Carlisle Cathedral
Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
Holker Hall & Gardens
Buccleuch Hall at Langholm
Lanercost Priory
High Heads Sculpture Valley
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