The Corpus: Gainford 28

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Gainford 28, Durham

Overview

Object type: Fragment of hogback [1]

Measurements: H. 21 cm (8.25 in); W. 53.5 cm (21 in); D. Built in

Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 74.365

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 89

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Present Location

Built in at west end of church, outside, c. 12 ft. from ground, south of south-west buttress of tower

Evidence for Discovery

First noticed by C. D. Morris in 1976

Church Dedication

St Mary

Present Condition

Much weathered

Description

Type i, house. Only one carved face is visible.

A ? (long): Part of a wide grooved moulding and three running spirals survive.

Discussion

The form of this could indicate a monument like Sockburn 15 and Gainford 22, which have a similar scroll.

Date

Mid tenth to mid eleventh century

References

Morris 1976, 142; Lang 1983, 132, no. 2

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.