Volume 8: Western Yorkshire
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Current Display: Gargrave 3, West Riding of Yorkshire
Overview
Object type: Part of shaft(?) [1]
Measurements: (after Collingwood 1915a) H. 76 cm (30 in); W. 35.5 > 33 cm (14 > 13 in); D. 15 cm (6 in)
Stone type: Unknown
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 283-4
Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 157
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Present Location
Not seen in successive visits since 1995.
Evidence for Discovery
W. S. Calverley (in Parez 1893, 91) said that it was in the doorway of the tower staircase, doing duty as a stone threshold. It was apparently seen and recorded by Collingwood in this position (1915a, 176). Later repairs and resetting of this very worn stone have rendered any decoration illegible.
Church Dedication
St Andrew
Present Condition
Said to be cracked across and extremely worn (ibid.).
Description
Collingwood's drawing (see Ills. 283–4) appears to show on one broad face some crude incised spirals and loose pellets, and a fine two-strand plait on the side.
Discussion
Although from the drawing this seems very worn, it could be a similar shaft to, or perhaps part of, Gargrave 1.
Date
Probably tenth century
References
Parez 1893, 91; Morris 1911, 225; Collingwood 1912, 129; Collingwood 1915a, 176, figs. k–l
Endnotes
[1] The following are general references to the Gargrave stones: Morris 1911, 225; Collingwood 1915b, 334; Morris 1923, 225, 549; Mee 1941, 141; Pevsner 1959, 216.
