Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland
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Current Display: Gainford 19, Durham
Overview
Object type: Fragment of grave-cover [1]
Measurements: L. 34 cm (13.75 in); W. 35.5 cm (14 in); D. 12.8 cm (5 in)
Stone type: Medium-/coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 68.339-342
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 86
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Present Location
Monks' Dormitory, Durham cathedral, catalogue no. XLV
Evidence for Discovery
Found in restoration of 1864, possibly in south wall of nave, which was taken down. Kept in Vicarage garden until 1896 when donated to chapter library, Durham
Church Dedication
St Mary
Present Condition
Relatively unworn but broken
Description
Only one face is carved.
A (top): Part of a very wide punch-outlined frame encloses a panel of plain plait with median-incised strands.
Discussion
It is impossible to be certain of the form of this piece, but it could be the same as 20 or 22.
Date
Mid tenth to mid eleventh century
References
Haverfield and Greenwell 1899, no. XLV, 107-8, fig. on 107; Hodges 1905, 230; Cramp 1965a, 7
Endnotes
1. The following are general references to the Gainford stones: Greenwell 1880-9b, lxviii; Allen and Browne 1885, 352; (—) 1887-8b, 373. Brock 1888, 176, refers to stones in a graaden (later taken to Durham) and mentions illustrations by STuarts but does not describe them individually. (—) 1905-6b, 343-4, refers to discovery of stones in 1864-5 restoration, and there is also a reference to the finding in 1905 of another stone in the field west of the churchyard wall, and to the discovery of bones and a sword in the churchyard in 1889.
