Description |
Two 9th century stone crosses,
decorated on all faces with carved figures, animals
and vine scrolls. The taller cross shows biblical scenes
and has a mutiliated head. The shorter cross has a truncated
shaft with the mutilated head of another cross. They
were taken from their original site and broken up. The
fragments were eventually restored to their present
site in 1816. The style and themes of the sculpture
indicate contact with the wider Anglo-Saxon world, suggesting
Sandbach was a significant centre of pre-Viking sculpture
in the 9th century. |
