Gosforth Cross
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The Gosforth Cross is a tall, slender Viking High Cross, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD in St Mary's churchyard, Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria. It is a remarkable and uniq
Gosforth High Cross, Cumbria UK.
The cross from the NW
Figurative section West Face - Loki panel
Cross and church, from the SE
Gosforth, Cumbria
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Gosforth is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lake District, in Cumberland, England. It is situated on the A595 road between Whitehaven and Barrow-in-Furness. It had a population of 1,
Gosforth Cross
…The Gosforth Cross is a tall, slender Viking High Cross, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD in St Mary's churchyard, Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria. It is a remarkable and unique example of early medieval sculpture in the British Isles. The coastal strip of Cumbria…
Gosforth Parish Church
The Lion and the Lamb pub at the junction.
The Gosforth Cross beside St Mary's Church, Gosforth. It is over fourteen feet high.
The two hogsback tomb markers now in the parish church, thought to be stylised "houses of the dead" with tiled roofs.