The Corpus: Lowther 10

Volume 2: Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire-North-of-the-Sands

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Current Display: Lowther 10, Westmorland

Overview

Object type: Fragment [1]

Measurements: H. 45 cm (17.75 in); W. 16.5 cm (6.5 in); D. 14 cm (5.5 in)

Stone type: Medium-grained red sandstone (Penrith sandstone?)

Plate numbers in printed volume: 648

Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 167

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Present Location

Built into retaining wall on west side of churchyard, 9 m from south-west corner

Evidence for Discovery

First recorded by J. T. Lang and R. N. Bailey in survey of 1971

Church Dedication

St Michael

Present Condition

Worn

Description

The only visible face carries traces of a plait bordered by a roll moulding.

Discussion

Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).

Date

Possibly tenth to eleventh century

References

Bailey 1972; Bailey 1974a, I, 262, II, 193, pl.

==R.N.B.

Endnotes

1. A name runcrosbanc is recorded in 1286 in this parish (Smith 1967, II, 187).