Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire
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Current Display: Kirklevington 22, Yorkshire North Riding
Overview
Object type: Fragment [1]
Measurements: H. 16 cm (6.3 in) W. 23.7 cm (9.3 in) D. Built in
Stone type: Fine-grained, well sorted micaceous sandstone. Colour obscured by lichen, probably pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4). Lower Carboniferous (Brigantian) sandstone from a Pennine source
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 459
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 151
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Present Location
Built into exterior east wall of nave, near junction with south wall of chancel (contra Morris, C. 1976a, 143), partly concealed by drain pipe
Evidence for Discovery
See no. 1.
Church Dedication
St Martin
Present Condition
One face only visible; worn
Description
On the left is a broad edge moulding which also crosses along the base and curves slightly at the top. It has a median incision. Within the panel is a pair of tight scrolls and above this a band of incised zig-zag.
Discussion
Little is left to analyse. With imagination it could be a hogback fragment.
Date
Late ninth to mid tenth century
References
Collingwood 1907, 351 (3); Collingwood 1912, 125; Morris, C. 1976a, 143; Morris, C. 1976b, 11
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.
