It is one of the finest surviving Anglo - Saxon crosses .
The best of a group of Northumbrian crosses including those from Otley , with similar busts of apostles or saints in arched compartments ( but singly ) , Rothbury , Ilkley and Lowther .
It is one of the finest surviving Anglo - Saxon crosses , and the best of a group of Northumbrian crosses including those from Otley , with similar busts of apostles or saints in arched compartments ( but singly ) , Rothbury , Ilkley and Lowther .