Saxon Eagle Head, All Saints - Brixworth, Northamptonshire
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SMacB
N 52° 20.034 W 000° 54.275
30U E 642770 N 5800243
Much of the fabric of the church comprises re-worked Roman tiles and the Eagle in the doorway is carved on a stone used in the original Roman building.
Waymark Code: WMKAFD
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/09/2014
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"Situated on the left side of the south facing early 12th century doorway, this Saxon stone engraving of an eagle's head may once have been part of a Roman building (a Roman Villa once stood half a mile north of the church). The builders of the Norman porch (demolished in 1864) may have placed it in its present position."