The Corpus: Dinsdale 05

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Dinsdale 05, Durham

Overview

Object type: Part of cross-shaft (possibly upper part of no. 3)

Measurements: H. 32.5 cm (12.75 in); W. 15.3 > 13.4 cm (6 > 5.25 in); D. Built in

Stone type: Medium-grained, massive yellow sandstone

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 33.173

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 64

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Present Location

Built into west wall of church porch, inside

Evidence for Discovery

First mentioned in 1888. Said to have been found in earlier restoration of church, probably that of 1875

Church Dedication

St John the Baptist

Present Condition

Broken but unworn

Description

Only one face survives. Two panels of plain plait are surrounded and divided by a flat-band moulding; one plait is a six-strand, the other a four-strand. The strands are plain and flat and the hole points are very sharply marked.

Discussion

The distinctive plain plait indicates that this piece could well be from the same workshop which produced Hart l and Sockburn 7 (Introduction, p. 30). A similar relationship is also seen in Dinsdale 2.

Date

First half of tenth century

References

Brock 1888, 176-7, fig. 8; Boyle 1892, 661; Hodgkin 1913, 186; Morris 1976, 144

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