Monument record 1563/1/4 - St Michael's Church

Two fragments of rectangular Saxon cross shafts, one carved with ring-interlace, similar to cross heads in Lyme Hall. There are also two fragments of cylindrical cross shafts. All inside St Michael's Church, Macclesfield. Predominantly found in the North of England, These highly decorated Anglo-Saxon crosses were put up throughout the 8th, 9th and 10th centuries. The cross heads were small in relation to the shafts, where the bulk of decoration is found. The cross heads could be circular or a plain cross. They are believed to be associated with both religious and community uses (such as burial markers, boundary stones or meeting places)