Bardney

Parish/District	Bardney/West Lindsey
Location	Two cross fragments (one now in Bardney church) were found during the excavations of nearby Bardney Abbey site 1909-1914
Category	Uncategorised
National Grid Ref	Abbey site: TF 11347 70577
Designation	None
Stone Type	Limestone (both)
References	See Everson & Stocker for Bardney
Visits	–

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There are two cross fragments relating to Bardney which are thought to derive from the excavation of the abbey site conducted by the Revd Laing 1909-1914. They are fully reported in the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture (Vol 5) and are mentioned briefly here for completeness.

1.   A broken arm of an 11C cross head (now in Lincoln Museum)

2.   Remains of a 7C ‘stubby armed cross’ later recut as a cross-base or post socket stone (on display in Bardney church)

In addition, there is a documentary report of a cross on King’s Hill – the mound near the abbey site, in folklore said to be the grave of Aethelred of Mercia, which is now thought to be a monastic rabbit warren. No cross exists there now.