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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 146 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Northumbrian Cross, north side of Market Square, Dover. |
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Summary
Northumbrian Cross was located beneath the foundations of the former church of St. Peter during work on the Antwerp Inn, north side of Market Square, Dover. (location accurate to the nearest 20m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3193 4145 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CROSS (CROSS, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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At Dover a grave-slab was found with runes seeming to read "Gislheard". It may be attributable to a bishop of Selsey named Gislhere dating about 775 to 784. However the Dover slab is a development of the Fan-shape arm probably of tenth century date and its dedication is therefore uncertain. There is a possibility that the fan-shaped arms developed earlier. (1) It is probably a coffin lid and was found before 1832 during alterations to the Antwerp Inn on the north side of Market Place, under the foundations of the former church of St. Peter. It is approximately 1.8m long, 0.65m wide at the top and 0.5m wide at the bottom. (2)
<1> William Gershom Collingwood, 1927, Northumbrian Crosses of the Pre-Norman Age, Northumbrian Crosses of the Pre-Norman Age 1927 90 (W G Collingwood) (Monograph). SKE31973.
<2> Page, W. (ed), 1908, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volumne I (Monograph). SKE7882.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: William Gershom Collingwood. 1927. Northumbrian Crosses of the Pre-Norman Age. Northumbrian Crosses of the Pre-Norman Age 1927 90 (W G Collingwood). |
| <2> | Monograph: Page, W. (ed). 1908. The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volumne I. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 14 | Part of: Site of St. Peters Church, Market Square, Dover (Monument) |
