The Corpus: Beckermet St John 08

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

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Current Display: Beckermet St John 08, Cumberland

Overview

Object type: Part of cross-shaft or slab

Measurements: H. 57 cm (22.5 in); W. 21.5 < 22 cm (8.5 < 8.75 in); D. 17 > 13 cm (6.75 > 5 in)

Stone type: Medium-grained, micaceous red sandstone (St Bees sandstone)

Plate numbers in printed volume: 86 - 9

Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 61

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Present Location

In church

Evidence for Discovery

See no. 5.

Church Dedication

St John

Present Condition

One side only now carries ornament; the rest recut as part of a medieval window

Description

A: Incomplete angular four-strand plain plait framed by a cabled moulding; the ground has not been cut back.

B–D: Recut.

Discussion

Possibly unfinished; the broad strands suggest a late date.

Date

Tenth to eleventh century(?)

References

Knowles 1880, 145 pl. VI (5); Allen 1885, 354; Calverley 1899a, 38, fig.; Collingwood 1901a, 274; Lidbetter 1902, 111; Collingwood 1923c, 261; Parker 1926, 125; Bailey 1974a, Ii, 45, pl.

Endnotes