#SundayStonework with the surviving Saxon carvings embedded in Breedon on the hill, carvings dating back as far as c8/c9

#SaxonSunday #Saxon #Leicestershire

#SaxonSunday with the crypt at St Wystan's Church, Repton, early c8 construction, later converted into a mausoleum for King Æthelbald of #Mercia

have spent this week exploring the treasures of Mercia so its going to be a good #SaxonSunday !
Lets begin with the anchor church, next to the river trent with a tentative c8-c9 date

This beautiful Carved saxon cross - also from All Hallows by the Tower, London, love the work on this early c11

#StoneworkSunday #SaxonSunday #StandingStoneSunday

#SaxonSunday with All Hallows by the Tower, London with its saxon archway from c7 & the saxon crypt including a small museum with Roman & later finds

#SaxonSunday with St Peters church, Monkwearmouth Jarrow - one of the oldest & most significant saxon churches in the country, Home of the Venerable Bede in c7

Its #SaxonSunday & think I appreciate this place more and more every time i pass it
St Martins on the Wall, Wareham, taken a couple of days ago
#Dorset #Saxon

RT @Noonarino
The c. 10th century high cross in the churchyard of St Breaca’s, Breaga, #Cornwall. The pierced ring-headed cross is made of a non-local red sandstone which is easier to carve than Penwith granite #SaxonSunday