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ECM: Llangaffo; pillar cross (replica)
Lower portion of a quadrangluar shaft which tapers from bottom to top. Features carved decoration (much weathered and damaged). On the front, is a carved wheel-cross above, with a band of plain plaitwork (?) below. On the front-right, is a narrow vertical band of T-fret (indeterminate). On the back, there is defaced decoration; on the back-left, there are vestiges of a narrow vertical band of interlacing pattern.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
02.166
Find Information
Site Name: St Caffo's Church, Llangaffo
Notes: Original monument discovered in churchyard, where it is still located.
Acquisition
purchase, 1902
Measurements
height / mm:800 (shaft)
maximum width / mm:445 (shaft)
width / mm
depth / mm:230
maximum height / mm:450 (base)
height / mm
maximum width / mm:790 (base)
width / mm
maximum depth / mm:1060 (base)
Techniques
Cast
Material
Plaster of Paris
Location
location verified by NMB
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