The Corpus: Gainford 29

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Gainford 29, Durham

Overview

Object type: Fragment [1]

Measurements: H. 46.2 cm (16.5 in); W. 20 cm (8 in); D. Built in

Stone type: Pale cream sandstone

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 74.366

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 89

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Present Location

Built into east wallof ringingchamber, inside

Evidence for Discovery

First noticed by C. D. Morris in 1976

Church Dedication

St Mary

Present Condition

Worn

Description

Only one carved face is visible. Two spirals with no trace of any mouldings.

Discussion

These spirals may be like the running spirals on the hogback (no. 22) or on the fragment (no. 28), but the piece is too fragmentary to be certain.

Date

Tenth century(?)

References

Morris 1976, 142

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.