The Corpus: Billingham 03

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Billingham 03, Durham

Overview

Object type: Part of cross-shaft [1]

Measurements: (after Stuart 1867); H. 25.5 cm (10in) D. 17.75 cm (7 in)

Stone type: Unobtainable

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 15.70

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 49

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Present Location

Lost or unidentifiable

Evidence for Discovery

First noted by Longstaffe (1858, 82) that carved stones built into walls of church tower. Most now very worn. Not all of those surviving drawn in Stuart (1867) and some which were drawn not now identifiable.

Church Dedication

St Cuthbert

Present Condition

Unknown

Description

One face only is drawn by Stuart.

B (narrow): Edged with a roll moulding and enclosing a six-cord pattern, which apparently consisted of U-bend terminals in a closed circuit arrangement, the pattern being broken and joined by circuiting strands.

Discussion

This is an unusual pattern but can be compared with Aycliffe 10 and Hart 2.

Date

Late ninth to early tenth century

References

Stuart 1867, pl. cxi, 2; Allen and Browne 1885, 352; Adcock 1974, 318, pl. 158c

Endnotes

1. The following are general references to the Billingham stones: Longstaffe 1858, 82; Hodges 1887-8a, 126; Hodges 1923-4c, 280; Fisher 1962, 50; Taylor 1978, 747.