St. Michael's Church (Michaelchurch)
St. Michael's Church is now disused church in Michael Church, a hamlet in the county of Herefordshire in the region West Midlands in England . Michaelchurch is approximately 8 km west of Ross-on-Wye .
The church is classified as Grade II by English Heritage ( Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England ) . The Churches Conservation Trust also takes care of the preservation of the church, which is famous for its wall paintings from the 13th century on the north, east and south sides of the interior. According to tradition, the church was built by Bishop Herwald von Llandaff in 1056. The three-aisled building is made of sandstone with a slate roof, the vestibule is to the south.
Roman altar
A reconstructed mushroom-shaped altar from the Roman period stands in the niche of the walled-up northern entrance portal. It is dated to either the 3rd or 5th century. A badly preserved inscription can be deciphered:
" EO TRI [VII] BECCICUS DONAVIT ARA [M] "
"Beccicus donates this altar to the God of the] three ways."
Apparently, the altar used to have the function of a wayside shrine. His plate was discovered in 1830 by the Reverend John Webb, who found it at a local doctoral house where it was used as a herb mortar . The column and foundation of the altar were already in their current place in the church and the plate was then placed on top. A presumed attribution of the altar inscription to an otherwise unproven god Tridamus is considered uncertain.
Picture gallery
View from the northwest
View from the south
Churches Conservation Trust plaque
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The National Heritage List for England . English Heritage. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ↑ St Michaels's Church, Michaelchurch, Herefordshire . The Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
Coordinates: 51 ° 55 ′ 33.8 " N , 2 ° 41 ′ 50.2" W.