The Corpus: Middleton 08

Volume 3: York and Eastern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Middleton 08, Eastern Yorkshire

Overview

Object type: Fragment [1]

Measurements: H. 41.8 cm (16.5 in); W. 17.8 cm (7 in); D. Built in

Stone type: Medium-grained (with subangular grains), yellowish-white (10YR 8/2) sandstone; deltaic channel sandstone, Saltwick Formation, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic; from North Yorkshire Moors

Plate numbers in printed volume: 691

Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 186-187

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Present Location

Built into north wall of nave, outside, east of north door, c. 3 feet above ground; set horizontally

Evidence for Discovery

First noted by author in 1975

Church Dedication

St Andrew

Present Condition

Flaking rapidly; the carving has all but disappeared in the last ten years

Description

The only carving was an oval face with incised eyes and nose in a continuous line. A deep incision marks a kind of broad moulding.

Discussion

The style of the facial features is identical with Middleton 2, 4, and 5, but the head shape is different.

Date

Tenth century

References

Unpublished

Endnotes

1. The following are general references to the Middleton stones: Allen and Browne 1885, 353; Frank 1888, 178; Morris 1931, 264; Mee 1941a, 161; Binns 1963, 40-3, pls.; Taylor and Taylor 1965, I, 423; Sawyer 1971, 163-6, 212; Lang 1989, 2, 3-5.