Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Finghall 03, Yorkshire North Riding Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Built into the exterior south wall of the small barn at the churchyard gate, on the south-east quoin
Evidence for Discovery
Identified by Dr P. Dalton, May 1984
Church Dedication
St Andrew
Present Condition
Very worn and damaged
Description

A (south) : Decoration is visible on one face only. The edge moulding, damaged at one side, is modelled. Within the panel are traces of an interlace loop with a pointed corner; part of another strand echoes the line of the loop.

B (east) : The adjacent face has been recut.

Discussion

The unit of measure is one imperial inch. The open quality of the loop might indicate a pre-Viking Age date.

Date
Ninth to tenth century
References
Unpublished
Endnotes
[1] The following are general references to the Finghall stones: Morris, J. 1931, 157, 417; Mee 1941, 87; Hatcher 1990, 89.

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