#StandingStoneSunday Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC. 📸My own #History

Roman tombstone reused as dedication stone for the tower of St Mary-le-Wigford, #Lincoln 1070-90.The OE dedication in the upper part is ‘Eirtig had me built and endowed with property to the glory of Christ and St Mary'. Written from the base to the apex. chacklepie.com/ascorpus/cat... #medievalsky

A small #medieval grave cover displayed in Crowland Abbey, #Lincolnshire. Thought to be late 11th century. chacklepie.com/ascorpus/cat... Just less than 50cm long could this be from a child’s grave, or as suggested by the Crowland guides, a crusader heart burial? #medievalsky

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Bakewell Churchyard: Two ancient crosses in Bakewell Churchyard; this one on the eastern side of the church near the wall is the 2.1m (7 ft) plus tall shaft of a glorious engraved cross - scrollwork and beasts are identifiable.

An Anglo-Saxon grave marker from St. Peter’s Church at Monkwearmouth in Sunderland. Dating to around 900 AD, the runic inscription commemorates ‘TIDFIRTH’. The stone is now part of the collections at Sunderland Museum. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #SunderlandMuseum #StoneworkSunday

It was wonderful to be in a positive & friendly @sussexpast.bsky.social conference with some of the best humans in Sussex Archaeology. Also brilliant to see so many @archsoutheast.bsky.social colleagues and see our collective contribution making an impact. Terrible selfie, you had to be there. 🏺🦣

Thank you @sussexpast.bsky.social for organising an excellent Sussex Archaeological Society conference today on Early Medieval Sussex. Thanks to the many contributors including @mattpope.bsky.social @archaeochaussee.bsky.social

Tiny fragment at Tangmere Church a rare piece of Scandinavian influenced 11thC sculpture in Sussex. Two figures, one with female genitalia. They are holding a sphere & a horn I did my masters dissertation on Anglo-Saxon sculpture of Sussex. This is my favourite piece #anglosaxon #churchmonuments

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A 7th century Pictish symbol stone discovered in 1936 during excavations at the Knowe of Burrian - a broch at Netherbrough in the Orkney Isles. Now part of the collections at Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Picts #Orkney

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New book of interest out on the 'Book of Kells: exploring the evidence that points to Pictish origins in north-east Scotland' theconversation.com/book-of-kell... #medievalsky

Weekend walking in the Peak gave an opportunity to revisit the Wirksworth slab. Probably late 8C and the coped top of a tomb from which scenes on the left have been lost. The iconography is connected to Eastern Mediterranean and has been much discussed. @ascorpus.bsky.social especially intriguing 1/

The new season of the Medieval Irish podcast has begun.

Today's dull, grey day is now illuminated by the arrival of this beautiful new investigation into the Book of Kells by @victoriawhitworth.bsky.social . Colourful illustrations; comparisons with stone sculpture. No doubt it will be full of fascinating incites. #medievalbluesky

Lovely. This is a species I’ve never found. Are you happy to provide some direction as to where to look on Seaford Head?

The #Viking-Age Luss hogback still lies in the C6th graveyard of the magnificent and welcoming Luss Parish Church. As with several @govanstones.bsky.social hogbacks, Luss has been recarved in later periods, possibly losing any end-beasts. My 📷 Ref. portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=150...

Tato managed to spot some Viking Age sculptured stones in northern Wales last week, and Maen Achwyfan might be his favourite!

Here comes William and Harry! But who will win? C’est un mystère dramaquarterly.com/bbc-confirms...

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Checking out the stonework at @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social Viking North exhibition, including my absolute fave from Old Malton - gives us a glimpse of his forked beard and snake-headed seat

Sundial from St. Gregory’s Minster in Kirkdale, North Yorkshire. The inscription sets out that Orm had ‘built anew’ the church during the ‘days’ of King Edward (the Confessor) and Earl Tostig of Northumbria, dating the church rebuilding to 1055-1065. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday

This stunning carving was found under the chancel floor at St Kyneburgha, Castor in 1928 and is assumed to have come from her shrine. Dating from either the late 8th or early 9thC it's a wonderful thing to get so close to, the folds of cloth, his face.. #SundayStonework

📷 🐖 I finally got around to photographing the 'other,' slightly less defined, side of the Viking-Age 'Govan 2' hogback! 📍 Govan Old churchyard, @govanstones.bsky.social

The Marigold Stone • Carndonagh • Donegal • c.8th century. The eastern face depicts a crucifixion scene with Christ on a Greek cross. The foot of the cross descends in an interlacing pattern ending in a small Latin cross at the base, and two strange figures face each other.

The stone cross of Skellig Michael. It is faintly decorated with a double-lined Latin cross, that was carved into a roughly hewn and weathered stone. This 2.4m high cross stands on a leacht, a drystone altar, giving it an even more imposing aspect in the small monastery. #WildAtlanticWay 🏺

⛪️ Luss Parish Church have a beautiful #hogback in an ancient churchyard, which dates to at least the C6th. In another parallel to Govan, Luss also have early medieval carved stones inside their church, which is now open to visitors on Saturdays and Sundays! 📷 Annemarie Franz

Sundial • Nendrum Monastery • County Down • c9th century Situated on the western shores of Strangford Lough, Nendrum is one of the most important examples of an early Irish monastery. One of the interesting features you can encounter there is this fine, if partially reconstructed, early sundial.

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#StandingStoneSunday with this marvellous Pictish stone in the church yard at Cullingsburgh on Bressay, Shetland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 See more of the island of Bressay in our new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ-M...

Took a trip to #Florence in search of, not Renaissance art, but an original panel of the 8th century Franks casket #saxonsunday #runes Displayed in the Bargello museum. The rest of the carved whale bone Northumbrian box is in the British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

Found in the churchyard of St Paul’s cathedral in London in 1852, this runestone reads ‘Ginna and Toki had this stone set up’. It shows a creature with its front paws entangled with a snake. It was probably raised in the early 11th century, when Danish king Cnut ruled England. #medievalsky #london

Early Medieval Graveslab • Clonmacnoise • Offaly Clonmacnoise has a large number of early medieval gravemarkers. This one in the National Museum of Ireland bears the name Sechnasach. It is unusual as it is made from a mill stone for grinding flour. Perhaps evidence of early Irish recycling!

Having now read it, I am compelled to recommend it to friends and followers: Succinct, detailed paper, which draws out some comparisons between Gotlandic picture stone traditions, triquetra and ‘Sleipnir’ motifs, and - in an appendix - the wider well of Old Norse mythology Insightful stuff

#SundayStonework Detail of the "Moridic stone", "found in 1852, built into a window of the former Llanhamlach rectory". I really like the earrings, St Peter and St Illtyd, #Llanhamlach, #Powys

Cross Shaft - 900-930 CE Limestone Found in East Stour, #Dorset Carvings of curling “branches” & acanthus scrolls. Perhaps representing the “tree of life” or the cross of the crucifixion? Displayed Faith Museum, #BishopAuckland #CountyDurham #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology

Monumental rune stone from Uppland in Sweden. Dating to around 1080 to 1120, the stone was set up by Thorsteinn in memory of his mother (Ingithora), father (Sveinn) and brother (Thorir). Now part of the collections at the Ashmolean. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday

#StandingStoneSunday The Læborg Stone and the Jelling 2 Stone: two 10th century AD runestones associated with powerful Queen Thyra, mother of Harald Bluetooth. 3D scanning indicates they were carved by the same person! 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 📷 Roberto Fortuna, National Museum of Denmark

#StandingStoneSunday This stone originally stood by the roadside between Port Talbot railway station and docks. It has a relief 'cart-wheel' cross on the front - though with six spokes, not the usual eight - and a linear stemmed 'ring' cross on the reverse. (See Alt) #History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#Lonan Old Church, #IsleOfMan #Manx cross of early 10th Century. 1.65 metres high. The stone stands in a slot cut in a large stone lying on the ground. It has a large cross (arms of equal length) set in a ring. Decorated with interlace & plait-work carving. #StandingStoneSunday #SundayStonework

Burton-in-Kendal, #Cumbria. The Viking Age stone in the church nave was originally part of a cross shaft. It is decorated on all sides, here we see a figure with a cross and a flowering branch standing on a serpent representing Christ overcoming evil #medievalsky Photo: T. Middlemass

I always forget just how BIG this high cross is! (If you'd like a scale I'm 6ft)

An Anglo-Scandinavian hogback from the Church of St. Michael and All Angels at Addingham in Cumbria. Dating to the C10th, hogbacks are generally considered as grave markers or stylised 'houses' for the dead. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Medieval #Cumbria

A Biblical scene at the Govan Stones? Can you make out two figures, with the one on the left seated, and the other standing? We think the seated figure may be David, who is being anointed by Samuel, with the latter holding both a staff and a vessel containing anointing oil* 📷 Dr Tom Horne

This short 2min video is great. The Gosforth cross and Fishing stone animated.

#StandingStoneSunday St Brynach's Cross is a stunning in-situ Early Medieval monument standing 3.7m tall in St Brynach's Churchyard, Nevern, #Pembrokeshire. The well-preserved designs show #Viking influence. Great to visit it again yesterday 👌🥰 Read more here: coflein.gov.uk/en/site/304393

An online resource of the unique collection of Viking Age picture stones on the Swedish island of Gotland #viking #vikingsky #medievalsky www.gotlandicpicturestones.se/s/index/page...

For anyone wanting to do their own version 1. Find your (nearest) county on the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture 2. Look up the volume number in the catalogue tab 3. Find a site with multiple stones dotted about 4. hunt them down! 5. brag on social media chacklepie.com/ascorpus/cov... #medieval