Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Dinsdale 10, Durham Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Built in above outer door 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
Very worn
Description

Only one carved face is visible, but it is too worn to distinguish shape or ornament.

Discussion
Too worn to produce sufficient data for typological analysis.
Date
Too worn to produce sufficient data for typological analysis.
References
Brock 1888, 176-7, fig. 7; Boyle 1892, 661; Hodgkin 1913, 186; Morris 1976, 144
Endnotes

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