The Corpus: Ingleby Arncliffe 05

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Ingleby Arncliffe 05, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Hogback, recut [1]

Measurements: L. 64.8 cm (25.5 in) W. 22.9 cm (9 in) H. 24.1 cm (9.5 in)

Stone type: As Ingleby Arncliffe 4 (All Saints), except that there is a prominent bedding plane visible on the top surface of the hogback, parallel to the front and rear faces. Stone provenance as Ingleby Arncliffe 1 (All Saints)

Plate numbers in printed volume:

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 126-127

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Present Location

Monks' Dormitory, Durham cathedral, catalogue no. 65

Evidence for Discovery

Found in the churchyard' and given to Durham by W. Brown of Arncliffe Hall (Haverfield and Greenwell 1899, 127). But see no. 4 above. Brown himself did not comment on the provenance of this piece.

Church Dedication

All Saints

Present Condition

A damaged hogback, probably recut

Description

The top is worn, but part of a flat, curved ridge remains; Greenwell suggested it might have had cable moulding.

A (long) : On the bombé roof pitch is a six-petalled rosette within a sunken circle. Next to it is a long-stemmed cross or sword, lying horizontally. Below the eaves, the side has been drastically cut back to a flat plane. Along it is a strip of sixteen elliptical lozenges between narrow roll mouldings. The ellipses touch at their broadest points where the compass hole-points are visible, as well as a transverse axial line.

B and C (ends) : Damaged.

C (long) : The only feature is a series of parallel diagonal lines.

Discussion

Nearly all the decorative features appear to be the result of re-cutting. The intrusive planes of face A destroy the symmetry of the monument.

Date

First half of tenth century to later Middle Ages

References

Haverfield and Greenwell 1899, 127, no. LXV, and fig.; [Brown, W.] 1902b, 468, pl.; Collingwood 1907, 337–8; Collingwood 1912, 124; Page, W. 1923, 242; Cramp 1965a, 9, no. 65; Lang 1967, 91–2; Lang 1971, 156; Schmidt 1973, 74–5; Lang 1984a, 142, no. 3, pl. on 143; Schmidt 1994, 152

Endnotes

[1] The following are general references to the Ingleby Arncliffe stones: Allen 1889, 230; Hodges 1894, 195; Allen 1895, 148; Collingwood 1908, 120; Collier 1910–11, 21; Morris, J. 1931, 417–18; Elgee and Elgee 1933, 220, 248; Brown, M. 1979, 41; Lang 1984a, 87.