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Latitude: 54.4938 / 54°29'37"N
Longitude: -3.5939 / 3°35'38"W
OS Eastings: 296856
OS Northings: 512108
OS Grid: NX968121
Mapcode National: GBR 3JBG.QW
Mapcode Global: WH5ZF.R9SV
Plus Code: 9C6RFCV4+GC
Entry Name: Wall, to West of Priory Church Nave, Incorporating Medieval Cross and Lintel
Listing Date: 9 March 1967
Last Amended: 9 August 1984
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1137319
English Heritage Legacy ID: 76166
Also known as: Church of St Mary and St Bega
ID on this website: 101137319
Location: The Priory Church of St Mary and St Bega, St Bees, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA27
County: Cumbria
District: Copeland
Civil Parish: St. Bees
Built-Up Area: St Bees
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: St Bees
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Priory Church building Norman architecture
NX 91 SE (INSET) ST BEES B5345 (West side)
St Bees
8/68 Wall, to west of
Priory Church nave,
incorporating
9.3.67 medieval cross &
lintel
(formerly listed as part
of Priory Church of
St Mary and St Bega
G.V. I Priory Church of
St Bega)
Wall; C19 incorporating medieval fragments. Snecked rubble c7 ft high; flat
coping. Full-height semicircular niche to centre with monolithic stone
wheel-head cross c3 ft high of (early?) medieval date, probably removed to
present position from Chapel How, c1 mile to north-east of St Bees on B5345
where it served as resting (or corpse) cross. Lintel spanning niche placed
there in 1868 following its discovery embedded in late C12 south aisle wall.
Various sources give dates from C10 to C12; shape and decoration suggest
Irish/Norse influence and possible pre-Conquest date. Single stone with
triangular upper surface. Interlace and knots to either side of central scene
showing wyvern (no hind legs and 2nd, smaller head to end of tail) with head
turned over shoulder, confronting warrior armed with sword, shield, and conical
helm; said to depict St George, or St Michael (latter proposed as it was once
thought to have come from St Michael's chapel, Rottington although little is
known of this site), but the scene may be from Norse mythology rather than
Christian.
Listing NGR: NX9685612108
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