Volume 5: Lincolnshire

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Current Display: Cranwell 02a–d, Lincolnshire Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Stones 2a, b and c are placed on top of three purpose-made corbels in the north wall of the north nave aisle, close to the north-east corner. 2d has been reused in an early north-east quoin, which is now within the organ chamber north of the chancel. It is the lowest 'short' stone in this 'long-and-short' quoin, approximately 1m above the present floor.
Evidence for Discovery
2a, b and c were found reused in north chancel wall during restoration work in 1902–3 ((—) 1903–4b, lxv). 2d was first recorded in a letter from W. Harrington to Baldwin Brown (University of Edinburgh, MS Gen. 1923/45); however, the quoin in which the stone is reused is probably of mid eleventh-century date.
Church Dedication
St Andrew
Present Condition
Where the original surface survives on the original flanks of the grave-cover on stones 2a, b and c, it is in good condition. On the remains of the lid surfaces however, the sculpture was badly abraded when the stones were re-shaped for reuse. The single visible sculpted surface of 2d has been planed off during its reuse.
Description
To follow
Discussion
To follow
Date
Mid tenth century, perhaps second quarter
References
(—) 1903–4b, lxv; Davies 1911, 6; Davies 1912–13, 135–6; Cox 1924, 108; Davies 1926, 10–11; Pevsner and Harris 1964, 502; Taylor and Taylor 1965, 181; Stocker 1988, 32–4; Pevsner et al. 1989, 236; Stocker with Everson 1990, 85
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