Type of Christian monument found in Central Europe
This article is about the historical stone wayside crosses of Central Europe. For stone crosses in general, see Christian cross.
Stone cross in Saxon Weißig near Dresden, with a carving of a crossbow
Stone crosses (German: Steinkreuze) in Central Europe are usually bulky Christian monuments, some 80–120 cm (31–47 in) high and 40–60 cm (16–24 in) wide, that were almost always hewn from a single block of stone, usually granite, sandstone, limestone or basalt. They are amongst the oldest open-air monuments. A larger variant of the stone cross, with elements of a wayside shrine is called a shaft cross (Schaftkreuz).
Stonecrosses (German: Steinkreuze) in Central Europe are usually bulky Christian monuments, some 80–120 cm (31–47 in) high and 40–60 cm (16–24 in) wide...
Wayside crosses and Celtic inscribed stones are found in Cornwall in large numbers; the inscribed stones (about 40 in number) are thought to be earlier...
the Early Middle Ages. A type of ringed cross, it became widespread through its use in the stone high crosses erected across the islands, especially in...
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floriated Saint Thomas Christian crosses. Nasrani Sthambams are giant open-air stonecrosses. The plinths of these crosses represent lotus petals and lotus...
Armenian cross-stone (Armenian: խաչքար, pronounced [χɑtʃʰˈkʰɑɾ], խաչ xačʿ "cross" + քար kʿar "stone") is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often...
Portland stone, Mansfield stone (a fine sandstone) and Aberdeen granite; and it stands 222 yards (203 metres) to the north-east of the original cross, focal...
is a pillar stone incised with a cross, the graveyard also contained a free-standing stone and a portable stonecross with incised crosses which are now...
StoneCross Windmill is a grade II* listed tower mill at StoneCross, East Sussex, England which has been restored and is open to the public. The mill...
Viro stonecross denotes the location of a Viro tsässon ("chapel") in Viro village in Estonia. It is situated 1 kilometre from Meremäe village towards...
StoneCross Halt railway station served StoneCross, in the district of Wealden, East Sussex, England from 1905 to 1935 on the East Coastway Line. The...
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The carved stones come from the surrounding early medieval heart-shaped churchyard and include the Govan Sarcophagus, four upstanding crosses, five Anglo-Scandinavian...
Christian keeill (a small chapel) with a bilingual ogham stone and a Christian carved stonecross; and on a nearby hilltop a Viking Age boat burial. Two...
include the Needle's Eye peak, a stone chimney 150 metres (490 ft) above sea level, and a series of 14 stonecrosses with names such as the "Rock of the...
The Saint Brynach Cross (Welsh: Croes Sant Brynach) or Nevern Cross (Welsh: Croes Nanhyfer) is a 10th or 11th century stonecross at St Brynach's church...
popular name, first 'monkey puzzler', then 'monkey puzzle' stuck. A stonecross head at Pencarrow was described by Arthur Langdon (1896). It was found...
Conciliation cross, also known as roadside cross or penitence cross, is a stonecross, which was set up in a place where a murder or accident had happened...
Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated. There was a unique Early Medieval tradition in Ireland and Britain of raising large sculpted stone crosses...
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it in pieces to Fana near Bergen in 1883. Outside the church stands a stonecross from Tjora in Sola. On 6 June 1992, the church was destroyed by arson;...
wayside cross is a cross by a footpath, track or road, at an intersection, along the edge of a field or in a forest. It can be made of wood, stone or metal...