The Corpus: Easington 06

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Easington 06, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Part of hogback [1]

Measurements: L. 96.5 cm (38 in) W. 24.1 cm (9.5 in) H. (crown) 38.1 cm (15 in); (beast) 36.8 cm (14.5 in)

Stone type: See Easington 3 (All Saints)

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 225, 228–9

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 105

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Present Location

Monks' Dormitory, Durham cathedral, catalogue no. 67

Evidence for Discovery

See Easington 3 (All Saints)

Church Dedication

All Saints

Present Condition

Much defaced, but always crude; one end lost

Description

The puny end-beast is a quadruped with the right-angled forelegs reaching to its jowl. The hind-leg is damaged. The broken head has small ears and slightly parted jaws.

A (long) : Several plough or sharpening marks deface a worn surface. There is a damaged plain ridge and below it roughly dressed unornamented sides.

C (long) : As face A, but broken away below.

Discussion

This is a rustic monument, no doubt a rough copy of more accomplished end-beast hogbacks within the area, though interestingly the complete beast form does not occur at Lythe, the nearest prolific hogback site (p. 153).

Date

First half of tenth century

References

Boyle 1892, 342; Haverfield and Greenwell 1899, 128, no. LXVII, fig.; Collingwood 1907, 316; Cramp 1965a, 9, no. 67; Lang 1967, 70–1, pl. XIX; Lang 1984a, 130, no. 1, pl. on 131.

Endnotes

[1] The following are general references to the Easington stones: Fowler 1887–9, 411; Bulmer 1890, 920; Cox 1891, 106; Allen 1895, 148; Morris, J. 1904, 147, 420; Collingwood 1908, 120; Page, W. 1923, 342 fn.; Morris, J. 1931, 148, 417; Mee 1941, 75; Pevsner 1966, 148–9; Brown, M. 1979, 41; Lang 1984a, 88; Daniels 1995, 81.