Churchyard, south of church

First recorded in 1876; apparently discovered during church restoration in either 1834 or (more likely) 1870–1 (Cory 1878, 31)

St Cuthbert

Fragment a has been recut into an Early English corbel; side C on this fragment has been cut away and side A is worn. Fragment b preserves a worn decoration on side C but side A has been cut away

Hogback, type h, but with zoomorphic ornament.

A (long): Two rows of tegulation type 8 on the curving roof are bounded at the gable-end by a double cable moulding. On the wall below the curving eaves are the remains of interlocked ribbon animals with contoured outlines to their bodies. In the upper left corner a bird-like head terminates one of these beasts; it has a slit mouth and elliptical eye. The zoomorphic ornament is bounded at the gable-end by a continuation of the double cable moulding of the roof.

B (end): The gable-end is slightly hipped. Within an arched frame formed by a double cable moulding the ornament consists of part of an irregularly set out triquetra worked in a contoured strand.

C (long): On the curved roof are two lines of tegulation type 8 bounded at the gable-end by a double moulding with grooved ornament suggesting cabling. On the wall are the worn remains of interlocked and contoured ribbon animals. At the right is a trilobate tail with, below, the probable remains of a canine head with round eye. This zoomorphic ornament is bounded at the gable-end by a continuation of the double cable moulding of the roof.

D (end): Within an arched frame created by a double cable moulding is a triquetra formed by a contoured strand; the inner lines of the lower curves are interrupted by a semi-circular indentation.

This was an elaborate monument whose ambition is signalled by the double cable moulding and its unparalleled form of tegulation. The ornament on the gable-ends is Jellinge-derived in its contouring and semi-circular indentations whilst the crossing composition of the ribbon animals can be closely paralleled in the Jellinge art of Scandinavia (Wilson and Klindt-Jensen 1980, pls. XXIV–XXV). Such animal ornament on the sides of this class of monument is rare: Gosforth 5, Brompton in Yorkshire and Derby provide parallels (Lang 1984, 125, 129), though in none of these cases are the details identical. Gosforth 4 and 5 with Cross Canonby 5 offer local analogues for the flat, sloping gable-ends.

Tenth century

Cory 1878, 31; Calverley 1888d, 464–6, pls. facing 460–1; Allen 1892–5, 148; Parker 1896, 85; Calverley 1899a, 253–4, 294, pl. facing 253; Calverley 1899b, 245; Collingwood 1901a, 271, 274, pl. facing 271; Collingwood 1907b, 155; Brøndsted 1920, 219, 222; Collingwood 1923c, 247; Brøndsted 1924, 203–5, 225–6, fig. 153; Collingwood 1927a, 129, fig. 141a; Clapham 1930, 132; Rice 1952, 126; Shetelig 1954b, 138; Walton 1954, 72, fig. 4c; Pevsner 1967, 17, 179; Lang 1967, 233, 237; Schmidt 1973, 71, fig. 29a; Bailey 1974a, I, 295–7, II, 225–6, pls.; Graham-Campbell 1978, 132; Bailey 1980, 91; Lang 1984, 88, 101, 105–6, 109, 160–1, pl. on 161; Bailey forthcoming a