The Corpus: Stanwick 16

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Stanwick 16, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Fragment [1]

Measurements: H. 16 cm (6.3 in) W. (visible) 14 cm (5.5 in) D. Built in

Stone type: As Stainton 3 (St Peter and St Paul)

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 779

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 208

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Present Location

Built into the interior west wall of the south aisle; set horizontally one course below no. 11, partially hidden by a pew

Evidence for Discovery

See Stainton 3 (St Peter and St Paul).

Church Dedication

St John the Baptist

Present Condition

Only part of one face visible

Description

A plain perimeter moulding survives in picked work. Within the panel is median-incised interlace, with a bar terminal crossed by a loose strand.

Discussion

The interlace type suggests an Anglo-Scandinavian milieu.

Date

Late ninth to mid tenth century

References

Collingwood 1907, 394 (5); Collingwood 1912, 127; Morris, C. 1976a, 145

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.