Portchester, St Mary's Church (Hampshire)
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12th century


Limestone. Cylindrical (the lower half renewed) with intersecting arches below a band of intersecting stems and images of beasts, birds, reptiles and plants.

Bibliography :
Pevsner, N. and Lloyd, D., 1967. The Buildings of England, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (London, Penguin), 385

(Photo: Joe Lowe © Hampshire County Council)

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