The Corpus: Hexham 37

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Hexham 37, Northumberland

Overview

Object type: String-course or impost [1]

Measurements: H. 14 cm (5.5 in); W. 40 cm (15.75 in); D. Built in

Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 185.1017

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 191

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Present Location

Built into west wall of modern nave of abbey, inside

Evidence for Discovery

Found during reconstruction of 1899-1908

Church Dedication

St Andrew

Present Condition

Incomplete but unworn

Description

Only one face survives.

A (long): A flat-band moulding encloses a pattern of changing interlace. In the centre is a Carrick Bend (simple pattern F) with irregular glides on either side, each of which incorporates an unpinned loop.

Discussion

See no 38.

Date

Second half of eighth to second half of ninth century

References

Savage and Hodges 1907, 41; Hodges and Gibson 1919, 65; Collingwood 1925, 70, fig. 4i; Collingwood 1927, 28, fig. 34i; Quirk 1961, 31; Taylor and Taylor 1961, 117; Taylor and Taylor 1965, 303; Taylor and Taylor 1966, 45; Adcock 1974, 138-9, pl. 40B; Cramp 1974, 120, 177, pl. 11B

Endnotes

1. The following are general references to the Hexham stones: (—) 1855-7a, 45-6; Rowe 1877, 62-3; Allen 1889, 230; Bailey 1980, 79, 81, 83.