Medieval History
Part of a Medieval burial stone has been stolen from a Herefordshire church.
The 8.5cm (3.3in) thick child's burial slab, was stolen from St Mary's Church in Foy, near Ross-on-Wye.
Church Warden Andrew Netting said the stone, measuring 51cm (20in) by 35cm (14in), featured a carving of a female figure wearing a cloak
Click here to read this article from the BBC
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Medieval History
Medieval burial stone stolen from Herefordshire church
Part of a Medieval burial stone has been stolen from a Herefordshire church.
The 8.5cm (3.3in) thick child's burial slab, was stolen from St Mary's Church in Foy, near Ross-on-Wye.
Church Warden Andrew Netting said the stone, measuring 51cm (20in) by 35cm (14in), featured a carving of a female figure wearing a cloak
Click here to read this article from the BBC
- Relic Robbing: Church?s Medieval Treasures In Jeopardy?
The theft of a medieval relic from a church in Ireland earlier this week is raising questions about the security of these places of worship and the safety of the items held within them. On Saturday morning, church officials in Dublin?s Christ Church Cathedral...
- Medieval Seal On Display In Staffordshire
A medieval seal thought to have once belonged to Stone Priory in north Staffordshire has gone on display. The copper object, which bears the image of the Virgin and Child, was found by a metal detector enthusiast in Cobham, Surrey, in September. It will...
- Funds Secured For Easter Ross's Pictish Nigg Cross-slab
A small voluntary group has secured enough money to conserve and redesign the displaying of an intricately carved Pictish stone in Easter Ross. The Nigg cross-slab dates from the 8th Century AD and features snakes and a depiction of monks receiving bread...
- Medieval Stone Carvings Stolen From The Hungarian National Gallery
As it was revealead on Tuesday, two highly important Romanesque stone carvings had been stolen from the Hungarian National Gallery some time in early February. Both carvings were on view in the medieval lapidary of the Gallery, located on the ground floor...
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St Margarets, Herefordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.St Margaret's church in the remote hamlet of St Margarets overloooking the 'Golden Valley' in Herefordshire, has a remarkable survival. A complete early sixteenth century rood...