The Corpus: Upleatham 07 (old church)

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Upleatham 07 (old church), Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Fragment [1]

Measurements: L. 20.5 cm (8 in) W. 14 cm (5.5 in) D. 14 cm (5.5 in)

Stone type: Coarse feldspathic deltaic sandstone, with sub-angular grains. Yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), intensively burnt to a yellowish red colour (5YR 4/6). Stone provenance as Upleatham 1 (old church, St Andrew)

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 831–3

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 217

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Present Location

Loose in south-west corner of the Lowther vault, east of the old church

Evidence for Discovery

See Upleatham 6 (old church, St Andrew)

Church Dedication

St Andrew

Present Condition

Broken; fragments of mortar adhering. The mortar is of the same type as in the partly demolished walls of the vault.

Description

Two faces survive, separated by a plain edge moulding. On both are scraps of median-incised interlace.

Discussion

The cross-shaft fragment no. 2, which also has median-incised strands, is of a different stone type.

D.C.

Date

Tenth century(?)

References

Unpublished

Endnotes

[1] The following are general references to the Upleatham stones: Gallagher 1987, 21; Daniels 1995, 81.