The Corpus: Kirklevington 08

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Kirklevington 08, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Shaft fragment [1]

Measurements: H. 32.7 cm (12.9 in) W. 14.5 cm (5.7 in) D. 14 cm (5.5 in)

Stone type: Fine- to medium-grained deltaic sandstone with sub-rounded, well sorted grains; not micaceous. Brownish yellow (10YR 6/6). Stone provenance as no. 1

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 424–5

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 145

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Present Location

Loose in the porch, on east window-sill

Evidence for Discovery

See no. 1.

Church Dedication

St Martin

Present Condition

Broken away down one side, and top and bottom; worn

Description

A (broad) : Only the left side survives. The edge moulding is worn, with a transverse moulding near the top, above which is a loop of worn strand, median-incised. The rest is much defaced.

B (narrow) and C (broad) : Broken away.

D (narrow) : On the right there is a modelled edge moulding. Within the panel is neatly cut four-cord plait in median-incised modelled strand; three registers survive. The left side is broken away.

Discussion

There is no sign of the fish's tail noted by Collingwood. This is a competently cut and neatly ordered Anglo-Scandinavian monument.

Date

Late ninth to mid tenth century

References

Collingwood 1907, 282, 351, fig. j on 350; Collingwood 1912, 125

Endnotes

[1] The following are general references to the Kirklevington stones: Browne 1880–4, cx, cxii; Young 1882, 458; Allen and Browne 1885, 352; Frank 1888, 44; Bulmer 1890, 162; Hodges 1894, 195; (—) 1896–1905a, viii; Lofthouse 1896–8, 16; (—) 1899–1900b, 250; Morris, J. 1904, 228–9, 420; Collingwood 1908, 120; Page, W. 1923, 262; Morris, J. 1931, 229, 417; Elgee and Elgee 1933, 217, 248; Mee 1941, 136; Pevsner 1966, 221; Morris, C. 1976a, 143–4; Brown, M. 1979, 44; Horton 1979, 195; Bailey 1980, 252, 255, 265; Cramp 1984, 30; Lang 1991, 42, 214; Daniels 1995, 81; Stocker 2000, 200–3.