Excerpt from The Runic Roods of Ruthwell and Bewcastle: With a Short History of the Cross and Crucifix in Scotland Location of Rune-inscribed monuments at Ruthwell and Bewcastle. Traditions Emergence into history of Ruthwell Cross; its demolition; restoration as an ancient monument. Emergence into history of Bewcastle Obelisk. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.