The Corpus: Stanwick 13

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Stanwick 13, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Hogback fragment [1]

Measurements: L. 43.2 cm (17 in) W. 19 > 17.8 cm (7.5 > 7 in) H. Built in

Stone type: As Stainton 12 (St Peter and St Paul)

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 786–7

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 207

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Present Location

Built vertically into the interior east 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

There are traces of a plain ridge on the damaged roof. The end-beast has drilled nostrils, gaping jaws and fangs on one side. The remaining eye is a pellet and the ears are small and rounded.

Discussion

This type e hogback is a separate monument from Stanwick 12 since the smaller end-beast has distinctive features. They are, however, of the same dragonesque type.

Date

First half of tenth century

References

Collingwood 1907, 394 (2); Collingwood 1912, 116, 127; Edleston 1923–4a, 292–3; Lang 1967, 150, pl. XLIX; Lang 1984a, 88, 168, no. 2

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.