The Corpus: Stanwick 12

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Stanwick 12, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Hogback fragment [1]

Measurements: L. 54.6 cm (21.5 in) W. 24.8 > 20.3 cm (9.75 > 8 in) H. Built in

Stone type: Medium-grained feldspathic gritstone. Light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4–7/4). Stone provenance as Stainton 1 (St Peter and St Paul)

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 784–5

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 206-207

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Present Location

Built vertically into the interior west wall of the porch

Evidence for Discovery

See Stainton 3 (St Peter and St Paul).

Church Dedication

St John the Baptist

Present Condition

One end of a hogback; broken and weathered

Description

Part of a plain ridge survives on the damaged roof, and there are traces of decoration on the pitches. The large end-beast has a fore-paw with three toes. Its grotesque head has fangs in the open jaws, and oval eyes. Ears and shoulders appear to merge, almost as twin humps.

Discussion

This is a type e (dragonesque) hogback, whose end-beast has departed from the naturalism of the Brompton series.

Date

First half of tenth century

References

Collingwood 1907, 394 (1); Collingwood 1912, 116, 127; Edleston 1923–4a, 292–3; Lang 1967, 147–50, pl. XLVIII; Lang 1984a, 88, 168, no. 1

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.