The Corpus: Darlington 3

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Darlington 3, Durham

Overview

Object type: Part of slab [1]

Measurements: L. /H. 31 cm (12.2 in); W. 55 cm (21.6 in); D. 20 cm (7.9 in)

Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive gritstone

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 32.166, 32-168

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 62

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Present Location

Outside south wall of south transept

Evidence for Discovery

No published description. Boyle (1892) and Hodges (1894) both refer to three crosses with lacertine designs. Two could be nos. I and 2, which are more often described; no clear reference to discovery or existence of No 3.

Church Dedication

St Cuthbert

Present Condition

Very worn

Description

Only one face is carved.

A (top): Double grooved mouldings at the edges and a central ridge divide an incised coiled pattern on one side from circles(?) linked by long diagonals on the other.

Discussion

This crude incised ornament is difficult to date, but, since this seems to be a large recumbent slab rather than a cross, it is a late piece.

Date

Second half of tenth century

References

Morris 1976, 142

Endnotes

1. The following are general references to the Darlington stones. Hodges 1894, 78, also refers to three monumental crosses in transept and more stones in wooden gallery inside tower. Three crosses with interlace=nos. 1-2 and (?) 3; (—) 1927-8b, 81; (—) 1951-6a, 212; Pevsner 1953, 71.