The Corpus: Hornby 01 (St Mary)

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Hornby 01 (St Mary), Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Shaft fragment

Measurements: Inaccessible

Stone type: Unobtainable

Plate numbers in printed volume:

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 296

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Present Location

Built into the west exterior face of the early Norman tower. (Not identified by D.C., R.C., or J.S.)

Evidence for Discovery

Noted by the author in the 1980s

Church Dedication

St Mary

Present Condition

Very weathered

Description

A well defined series of hole-points suggests a lost closely woven interlace pattern.

Discussion

Appendix C item (lost stones for which no illustration has survived).

The close weave of the interlace suggests an Anglo-Scandinavian design. It is too worn for any real interpretation.

Date

First half of tenth century

References

Unpublished

Endnotes

None