Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Aycliffe 11, Durham Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
West end of north aisle, inside
Evidence for Discovery
Removed from walls in restoration of 1881-2
Church Dedication
St Andrew
Present Condition
Damaged and worn
Description

One carved face survives.

A (top): Edged on the left with a double flat-band moulding. In the centre there is what may be the shaft of a cross, outlined by a flat-band moulding and enclosing, at the top, two punch-outlined pellets, and below, a register of simple pattern E, turning into a composite of a Stafford Knot (E) and a free ring. At the top right are traces of indecipherable interlace, perhaps forming a horizontal arm of the cross.

Discussion

In pattern repertoire and style of cutting this piece is very near 5-7. The deep relief and interlace decoration on the cross indicate that it was, when complete, an impressive monument.

Date
Late tenth to early eleventh century
References
Hodgson 1880-9, 70, no. 3; Morris 1976, 140; Morris 1978, 110, pl. 6, 9B
Endnotes

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