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Cushion capital
capital | stonework
stone
Similar to HEXAB6102, an almost identical item
11th–12th cent
Romanesque
‘The two small cushion capitals were found on the site of St Mary's Church, and were carried into the abbey church by me in order that they might be preserved.’ [C C Hodges, The Builder, 12 Jan 1889, p.34]
2012: Not moved to new exhibition as proposed [Hexham Abbey collection faculty document.pdf, §13]
Exterior/Lapidarium 2