Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland
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Overview
Object type: Fragment of cross-shaft [1]
Measurements: Unobtainable
Stone type: Unobtainable
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 17.80
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 50-51
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Present Location
Inside clock-room of church tower, built into western edge of window in south side
Evidence for Discovery
See no. 1. Not identifiable with any of the stones drawn in Stuart (1867)
Church Dedication
St Cuthbert
Present Condition
Broken but unworn
Description
Only one carved face is visible. Part of a shaft with thick grooved interlace.
Discussion
This piece may be related to 8-9.
Date
Late tenth to early eleventh century(?)
References
Unpublished
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.