The Corpus: Stanwick 18

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Stanwick 18, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Fragment [1]

Measurements: L. 70 cm (27.6 in) W. 32 > 30.5 cm (12.6 > 12 in) D. Built in

Stone type: As Stainton 2 (St Peter and St Paul)

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 782

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 208

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Present Location

Built into the exterior south wall of the nave between two Romanesque fragments (nos. 23 and 24), laid horizontally

Evidence for Discovery

See Stainton 3 (St Peter and St Paul). First noted by author, May 1996

Church Dedication

St John the Baptist

Present Condition

Fractured into three; very worn

Description

The lower part is plain and a rough zig-zag edge moulding survives on the left. In the centre are two human legs flanked by a (?) pendant dagger. Below it on the right there is possibly an animal with a small curled tail.

Discussion

Perhaps similar to nos. 3 and 4, the carving needs oblique lighting for decipherment. The small tails of animals are a feature of rough carving at Stanwick and nearby Forcett.

Date

Late ninth to mid tenth century

References

Unpublished

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.