The Corpus: High Hoyland 3

Volume 8: Western Yorkshire

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Current Display: High Hoyland 3, West Riding of Yorkshire

Overview

Object type: Part of cross-head [1]

Measurements: H. 20.3 cm (8 in); W. 33 cm (13 in); D. Built in

Stone type: As High Hoyland (All Hallows) 2

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 316

Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 166

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Present Location

As High Hoyland 2

Evidence for Discovery

See High Hoyland 1

Church Dedication

All Hallows (Now in a private house)

Present Condition

Damaged but unworn

Description

Part of one arm and centre of a cross-head. The head appears to have been free-armed, of type E11. Only one face is visible, outlined with an incised line, otherwise the face is completely plain.

Discussion

The lack of ornament could make this difficult to date, but the exaggeratedly fan-shaped end of the arm links it with other cross-heads showing Scandinavian influence, such as Kirkby Wharfe 1 and 3 (Ills. 432–5, 440–3), and Staveley 1 (Ills. 712–16).

Date

Tenth to eleventh century

References

Innocent 1910, 92, fig. 3; Collingwood 1912, 129; Collingwood 1915a, 183, 185, 271, 279, fig. g on 184; Collingwood 1927, 89, 177, fig. 99g; Collingwood 1929, 46, fig. g; Ryder 1982, 111, fig. iv on 112; Sidebottom 1994, 80–2, 251–2, no. 4, and pl.

Endnotes

[1] The following are general references to the High Hoyland stones: Collingwood 1915b, 335; Innocent 1914–19a, 248; Elgee and Elgee 1933, 218; Mee 1941, 186; Pevsner 1959, 265; Ryder 1982, 93, 125; Hadley 2000a, 270.