Loose against the south door, inside, behind curtain

'Found in 1895, on opening a vault for the burial of the late Lord Bolton' (McCall 1910, 159)

Holy Trinity

The middle section of a shaft

A (broad) : Broken at top and bottom. The outer edge moulding is flat and within it is an inner cable moulding. Within the panel is part of a run of simple pattern F interlace with opposed Carrick bends. The strand is modelled.

B (narrow) : The edge moulding is broad and flat, much worn on the right hand. Within the panel is a tightly coiled scroll in narrow modelled strand. At its lower corner are pellets. Below is part of a trail with volute tip, much damaged.

C (broad) : Very worn. The narrow edge moulding is flat. Within the panel is tightly woven six-cord plain plait, its strand 1 inch wide.

D (narrow) : Damaged and worn. The right-hand edge moulding survives. Within the panel is the remains of simple pattern F interlace.

The tight scroll of face B may be a serpent, like that of Forcett 1 (Ill. 251). The tight weave of the interlace and use of pellets are typical Anglo-Scandinavian features.

Late ninth to mid tenth century

Collingwood 1907, 271, 275, 282, 285, 286, 288, 293, 408, figs. i–l on 409; McCall 1910, 159; Collingwood 1912, 118, 128; White 1997, 47

[1] The following are general references to the Wensley stones: Barker 1854, 183; Barker 1856, 183; Whellan 1859, II, 439; Hodges 1894, 195; (—) 1906–11a, xxxiv; (—) 1908b, 468; Bolton 1915–16, 228; Morris, J. 1931, 397, 417; Elgee and Elgee 1933, 251; Mee 1941, 249; Morris, C. 1981, 234; White 1997, 47. In November 1915 a skeleton with its head to the west was discovered in Wensley churchyard, together with a late Anglo-Saxon sword, knife, spearhead and sickle (Bolton 1915–16, 228–30; Wilson, D. 1965, 41–2). The burial was 4 ft 6 in below the surface, and adjacent to mortared stone foundations running north–south. Wilson dates the sword to the late ninth century. (Eds.)