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Object type: Hogback [1]
Measurements: L. 96.2 cm (37.9 in); W. 23 cm (9 in); D. 38.7 cm (15.25 in)
Stone type: Fine-grained, flaggy pale yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 180.969
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 183
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Only one side is visible: type d, extended niche. A sharply pointed ridge, and below, a band of three-strand plain plait enclosed in a fine roll moulding.
A (long): Roughly dressed back; perhaps originally carved.
This represents the most northerly hogback in England, although this type of monument is known in southern Scotland (Lang 1967, 13, 81-3). The extreme length and the simple band of ornament possibly indicate that it is late in the series. Savage and Hodges describe a second band on the other side of the ridge.
