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Crucifixion, Rothbury Cross, Great North Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Crucifixion scene from the shaft of the Rothbury Cross, 600-1200 AD, the earliest known Rood in Britain, originally from Rothbury church, Northumberland, one of the finest surviving pieces of Anglo-Saxon sculpture from the Kingdom of Northumbria, now in the Great North Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The cross forms part of the collection of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and is evidence of the importance of Christianity in post Roman Britain. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Contained in galleries: Hadrian Wall, United Kingdom

Crucifixion scene from the shaft of the Rothbury Cross, 600-1200 AD, the earliest known Rood in Britain, originally from Rothbury church, Northumberland, one of the finest surviving pieces of Anglo-Saxon sculpture from the Kingdom of Northumbria, now in the Great North Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The cross forms part of the collection of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and is evidence of the importance of Christianity in post Roman Britain. Picture by Manuel Cohen