What is recorded here
In the porch of St Audeon's medieval parish church (DU018-020075-) is the lower half of a limestone coffin-shaped slab showing the stem of a cross and a small animal motif at the base. The sides are deeply chamfered. It is broken in three pieces (L 0.67m, Wth 0.48m-0.35m, T 0.14m).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 16 August 2012
likely dates to the early medieval period, possibly Christian, and may have functioned as a funerary or commemorative monument. The cross and animal motif suggest a blend of Christian and possibly older symbolic traditions.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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