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Bewcastle, Cumbria

Once the site of a fort associated with Hadrian's Wall, Bewcastle is of interest to Orthodox pilgrims in Britain for its ancient stone cross, the fourteen foot shaft of which still stands. The north face is covered with VII or VIII century Anglo-Saxon ikons; there is an unusual sundial on the south face.
Norman Hugh Redington
Under construction --- far from complete! Read with caution.

General:
- Bewcastle: Cumbria's Border Country. Community website. Bewcastle is not a village but an area in the countryside. --- Bewcastle.com
- Bulmer's Directory of East Cumberland: Bewcastle, (1884). A typically Victorian short local history, with a discussion of the runic inscriptions on the cross. Most other historical comments on Bewcastle available online are derived from Bulmer. --- Don Kelly
The Bewcastle Cross:
- Bewcastle -- St. Cuthbert's Church. With pictures of the ancient Orthodox cross. The church itself is post-Schism. --- Visit Cumbria
- Bewcastle Cross Images. Excellent copy of the designs on the cross. --- Bewcastle.com
- Bewcastle Cross Photo Page With snapshots and comments by recent visitors. --- Megalithic Portal
- Bewcastle Cross Runic Inscriptions. Photographs of the inscriptions meant as a demo for the commercial archæological firm which shot them. --- Archaeoptics
- A. S. Cook: Some Accounts of the Bewcastle Cross between the Years 1607 and 1861, (1914). Yale Studies in English, Vol. L.

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