The Corpus: Lythe 20

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Lythe 20, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Hogback fragment

Measurements: L. 40.6 cm (16 in) W. 22.2 cm (8.75 in) H. 43.2 cm (17 in)

Stone type: As Lythe 9 (St Oswald), but the colour is yellowish brown (10YR 5/6).

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 542–3

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 160-161

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Present Location

Beneath the tower, on the floor

Evidence for Discovery

See Lythe 1a–b (St Oswald)

Church Dedication

St Oswald

Present Condition

The central part of a hogback; hollowed out below and one side cut away

Description

The ridge and ends are lost.

A (long) : Three rows of type 2c tegulae cover a straight roof pitch. Below the eaves the vertical side has bold median-incised interlace in pricked work. A panel encloses the terminals of closed circuit six-cord plait, median-incised, whose other end is broken.

C (long) : Remains of one row of tegulae, but most of the face has been lost.

Discussion

A type k hogback; see Lythe 17 (St Oswald). The hollowed surface underneath may be original, but compare Lythe 25 (St Oswald) below.

Date

First half of tenth century

References

Collingwood 1911, 293, fig. gg on 294; Collingwood 1912, 126; Collingwood 1927a, 167, fig. 201; Lang 1967, 104–5, no. 5, fig. 26; Lang 1984a, 101, 150, no. 4, pl. on 151

Endnotes

None