A cross with an important English-language runic inscription, from the Dumfries region of Scotland. The cross, an example of Northumbrian art of the early 8th century, stands more than 18 feet (5.5 meters) high. It is carved with Gospel scenes and twining vines, as well as 18 verses of "The Dream of the Rood". The inscription has linguistic significance because it contains six runic symbols indicating guttural sounds whereas the Scandinavians employed only one or two. Much of the inscription is also copied in Latin. It is now preserved in the interior of the parish church at Ruthwell in Northumberland northeast England.