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Birchanger - St Mary - Norman door with lamb

This beautifully carved Norman arch has, in the centre of the tympanum, a crude carving of a lamb. This is the only example of a figure carved into the tympanum in the whole of Essex, although the custom is quite common in other counties.
Birchanger - St Mary - Norman door with lamb