The Corpus: Wath 02

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Wath 02, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Fragment [1]

Measurements: H. 14.5 cm (5.7 in) W. 18.7 cm (7.4 in) D. Built in

Stone type: As Wath 1 (St Mary), but the stone is coarse-grained. Colour also masked by limewash, but light brownish grey (10YR 6/2) is indicated.

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 852

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 218

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Present Location

Adjacent to Wath 1 (St Mary), built in

Evidence for Discovery

See Wath 1 (St Mary)

Church Dedication

St Mary

Present Condition

One damaged face visible

Description

Possibly a cross-arm or narrow side of a shaft, it is filled with irregular filler elements, all of them triangular. The cutting is picked.

Discussion

It is possible that this is part of no. 1, since both share the rough triangular fillers. It is primitive carving, similar to Kirby Hill 5 (Ill. 355).

Date

Late ninth to mid tenth century

References

Lukis 1875–6, 75, fig. facing; Collingwood 1907, 289, 407, fig. c on 406; Collingwood 1912, 127; Bailey and Cramp 1988, 133, 153

Endnotes

[1] The following are general references to the Wath stones: Macquoid 1883, 230; Gregson 1893, 287; Bulmer 1890, 845; Bogg [1895], 306; (—) 1896–1905d, cxliii; Morris, J. 1904, 389, 420; McCall 1910, 138, 142; Page, W. 1914, 394, 395; Morris, J. 1931, 388, 417. The following is an unpublished manuscript reference to the Wath stones: BL Add. MS 37552 no. XIV, item 806 (Romilly Allen collection).