The Corpus: Kildale 03

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Kildale 03, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Grave-marker or -cover

Measurements: (after Collingwood 1907) H. 46 cm (18 in) W. 37 cm (14.5 in) D. Not recorded

Stone type: Not recorded

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 1146

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 281

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Present Location

Lost; listed as missing by C. D. Morris in 1976

Evidence for Discovery

None; the Rev. C. V. Collier sent rubbings to Collingwood (1907). But it is possible that this and Kildale 4 are the 'two or more ['tomb-flags'] of less dimensions and a different shape', found with the medieval grave-covers which overlay the seven or eight Viking burials with grave-goods and weapons discovered under the floor of St Cuthbert's church in 1867 when the nave and chancel were rebuilt (Atkinson 1867–70, 52; id. 1874, I, 82). See above, p. 128.

Church Dedication

Present Condition

Unknown

Description

Squarish stone with one straight unbroken edge. Only one face carries carving.

A (broad) : There are no edge mouldings. Incised on the face is an equal-armed cross: type A6. The arms are slightly splayed and have straight sides and tips.

B–D: Not recorded.

Discussion

Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).

A primitive grave-marker which defies dating. Compare Lythe 40 (Ill. 1152).

Date

Possibly pre-Conquest

References

Collingwood 1907, 338, fig. c on 336; Collingwood 1912, 124; Page, W. 1923, 252; Morris, C. 1976a, 143

Endnotes

None