Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire
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Current Display: Stainton 06, Yorkshire North Riding
Overview
Object type: Hogback fragment [1]
Measurements: L. 38 cm (15 in) H. 25.5 cm (10 in) W. Built in
Stone type: See Stainton 1 (St Peter and St Paul).
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 750
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 201
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Present Location
Built into the exterior north wall of the chancel, facing downward, between the east buttress and the east window, 3.5m above ground
Evidence for Discovery
See Stainton 1 (St Peter and St Paul). Identified as a hogback by J. Morris in 1904
Church Dedication
St Peter and St Paul
Present Condition
Only one face visible, weathered
Description
The end-beast from a hogback. Only the head and foreleg survive. The paw has five toes almost touching the jowl. In the eye position is a circular depression. The mouth slit is wide and a stump of the ridge emerges from the snout.
Discussion
Though worn, this type a (panel) hogback has a naturalistic end-beast reminiscent of some of the Brompton series, for instance nos. 17 and 23 (Ills. 82–3, 97–8).
Date
Mid tenth century
References
Morris, J. 1904, 361–2, 420; Collingwood 1907, 276, 293, 393, fig. c on 390; Partington 1909, 130; Collingwood 1912, 116, 127; Collingwood 1915, 284; Page, W. 1923, 299; Collingwood 1927a, 169; Wall 1930, 51; Morris, J. 1931, 362; Mee 1941, 227; Pevsner 1966, 353; Lang 1967, 146–7, pl. XLVII; Morris, C. 1976a, 144; Morris, C. 1976b, 12; Brown, M. 1979, 44; Lang 1984a, 87, 166, pl. on 167
Endnotes
[1] The following are general references to the Stainton stones: Lofthouse 1896–8, 17; Morris, J. 1904, 361–2, 420; Collingwood 1908, 120; Morris, J. 1931, 362, 417; Mee 1941, 227; Brown, M. 1979, 44; Horton 1979, 159; Daniels 1995, 81.
