The Corpus: Lythe 22

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Lythe 22, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Hogback fragment

Measurements: L. 54.6 cm (21.5 in) W. 22.9 cm (9 in) H. 26.7 cm (10.5 in)

Stone type: As Lythe 15 (St Oswald)

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 546–7

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 161-162

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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

Central part of a hogback; one side cut away

Description

There are faint remains of a ridge.

A (long) : Below the ridge are three rows of type 2b tegulae, though some are type 7. The tops are marked by an incised line. The eaves have a plain moulding and the vertical side below has a panel of interlace in modelled strand. There are six stages of closed circuit, though the bottom of the pattern is lost.

C (long) : Three rows of tegulae (as face A) survive, but the lower part is cut away.

Discussion

A type k hogback; see Lythe 17.

Date

First half of tenth century

References

Collingwood 1911, 293, fig. hh on 294; Collingwood 1912, 126; Collingwood 1927a, 167, fig. 201; Lang 1967, 109–10, no. 10, pl. XXII; Lang 1984a, 101, 150, no. 6, pl. on 151

Endnotes

None