Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland
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Current Display: Sockburn 22, Durham 
Overview
Object type: Fragment [1]
Measurements: H. 14 cm (5.5 in); W. 9 cm (3.5 in); D. 9 cm (3.5 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 141.756
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 144
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Present Location
Conyers Chapel
Evidence for Discovery
See no. 1; not mentioned by Knowles
Church Dedication
All Saints
Present Condition
Broken and worn in places
Description
Possibly architectural in function with cable, pellet and interlace ornament.
Discussion
The style and carving of the deep relief cable differs from all others found on this site.
Date
Uncertain
References
Hodges 1905, 238
Endnotes
1. The following are general references to the Sockburn stones: Surtees 1823, 249; Longstaffe 1858, 82; (—) 1869-79f, liv; Allen and Browne 1885, 352; (—) 1887c; Eastwood 1887, 347; Allen 1889, 229; (—) 1889-90b, 132; (—) 1899-1900a, 60; (—) 1903, xiii; (—) 1909-10c, 239; Collingwood 1927, 148, 166, 169; (—) 1951-6a, 213; Pevsner 1953, 211; Lang 1972, 235-6; Schmidt 1973, 68-77; Morris 1976, 144; Bailey 1980, 91.
