The Corpus: Easington 08

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Easington 08, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Hogback fragment [1]

Measurements: L. 72.4 cm (28.5 in) W. (ends) 26.7 (10.5 in); (centre) 31.7 cm (12.5 in) H. 24.1 cm (9.5 in)

Stone type: As Easington 4 (All Saints), except that this fragment has been burnt to a reddish brown colour (5YR 5/4).

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 234–5

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 106

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Present Location

In the graveyard, near the west wall of the tower; until recently inside the church (see Lang 1984a, 130)

Evidence for Discovery

See Easington 1 (All Saints)

Church Dedication

All Saints

Present Condition

Broken and worn; damaged by fire in recent years

Description

Fragment from the middle of a hogback. The base and ends are missing.

A (long) : Little of the ridge remains. Three rows, the topmost almost gone, of type 2b tegulae are set on a fairly straight pitch. The vertical side beneath the eaves has a panel below a plain moulding. It contains closely woven plain plait in flat strand. The lower part of the pattern is lost.

C (long) : As face A, but the plait on the vertical side is median-incised.

Discussion

This hogback was probably of the enriched shrine type (type k) (Lang 1984a, 101–2) which was popular at nearby Lythe. Its straight rather than bombé planes, and the type 2 tegulae, are also found on the Lythe parallels (pp. 159–62, Ills. 536–47).

Date

First half of tenth century

References

Collingwood 1907, 269, 271, 275, 316, fig. g on 317; Collingwood 1912, 115, 124; Collingwood 1915, 284; Wall 1930, 51; Lang 1967, 71–2; Lang 1984a, 101, 130, no. 2, 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.