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Object type: Part of hogback [1]
Measurements: L. 49 cm (19.3 in) W. 29.3 cm (11.5 in) H. 40.6 cm (16 in)
Stone type: Coarse Millstone Grit with sub-angular grains; colour varies from very pale brown (10YR 7/4) to possible burnt patches and a pink colour (7.5YR 7/4). Probably Plompton Grit from the river Nidd valley, via the Aldborough Roman fort.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 737–8
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 194
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The ridge is damaged; a little plain moulding remains in places.
A (long) : On the almost vertical side is a tapering panel filled by a profile animal with double outline and a spiral joint on the hip. The foreleg and snout are lost. The hind foot is frond-like with three toes; the knotted tail is median-incised as it loops across the torso before knotting above the back and crossing the neck. Its stance is pouncing, with the chest low and the rump high. The panel's edge moulding, top and bottom, is broad and plain. On the upper moulding are faint vestiges of an end-beast's foreleg.
B and D (ends) : Broken.
C (long) : Above a broad plain moulding at the base are the remains of interlace decorated with triple banding.
The animal meets the definition of a Jellinge-style beast (Wilson and Klindt-Jensen 1966, 97), and its Scandinavian traits have received much comment (see Lang 1973, 16; id. 1984a, 109). For more Insular parallels however, the York master's work on the Clifford Street slab and the Coppergate fragment should be consulted (Lang 1991, 102, 103–4, ills. 327, 331). Similar animals are found in this area on Patrick Brompton 1 (Ill. 726). The triple banding of the strand is unusual at this date (see p. 209).
