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Object type: Fragment of shaft(?) [1]
Measurements: H. 28.5 cm (11.2 in); W. 34.2 cm (13.5 in); D. Built in
Stone type: As High Hoyland (All Hallows) 2
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 317
Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 166
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The fragment shows part of a panel with traces of a possibly cabled border on the right and below. Within this the surface is dressed smooth. A quadruped of rather hound-like appearance with large pricked ears and tail faces right; it has an incised eye — a pointed oval. It is unclear whether the animal is prancing or half-fallen onto its hind legs.
Ryder (1982, 111) saw this as a fragment of free-style sculpture showing an animal (possibly the Agnus Dei) in relief in a sunk panel. It is more likely to be a fragment of a 'hart and hound' hunt scene as at Harewood 1 and Staveley 1 (Ills. 332, 714–15), although its incompleteness makes this difficult to prove.
