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Object type: Fragment of hogback [1]
Measurements: L. 63.5 cm (25 in); W. 16.5 cm (6.5 in); D. 35.6 cm (14 in)
Stone type: Fine-grained, possibly very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sandstone; see no. 1.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 817-818
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 212
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The flat sides may have been dressed. The roof ridge issues from the jowl and carries a meander pattern between plain mouldings. The large end beast has a curved throat. The face is flat, on the top of the stone. Two protuberances are set upon the brow; they are droplet-shaped and placed end to end. The eyes are incised arcs at the corners above the jowl.
This is a type e hogback, the dragonesque type, which is confined to eastern Yorkshire but developed from the large end beast varieties of Allertonshire in the North Riding. The closest parallels for the face on the top of the stone are the hogbacks Lastingham 6 (Ill. 600) and Barmston 1 (Ill. 426).
