The Corpus: Skelton in Cleveland 02

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Skelton in Cleveland 02, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Fragment

Measurements: Not recorded

Stone type: Not recorded

Plate numbers in printed volume:

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 298

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Present Location

Not found in 1999, and unknown to the church authorities. The former rector, who has now retired, did not recollect the piece.

Evidence for Discovery

Noted by the late Professor Christine Fell in 1996. 'It had obviously been found by the gardeners and thrown into the safety of a curbed grave' (letter to the Rev. T. N. Evans, 11 April 1996).

Church Dedication

Present Condition

Unknown

Description

Professor Fell, in her unpublished letter kindly made available by Professor J. Graham-Campbell, describes the piece as 'a small fragment of Anglo-Saxon or Viking interlace – it looked rather good quality carving and was probably the arm of a cross' (op. cit.).

Discussion

Appendix C item (lost stones for which no illustration has survived).

This was evidently part of a different monument from no. 1, the inscribed sundial (p. 195, Ill. 744).

D.C.

Date

Pre-Conquest

References

Unpublished

Endnotes

None