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Object type: Part of shaft or architectural feature [1][2]
Measurements: H. 73 cm (28.75 in); W. 23 cm (9.1 in); D. 26 cm (10.25 in)
Stone type: Very light grey (N8), moderately sorted, clast-supported, quartz sandstone. The sub-angular to sub-rounded clasts range from fine-grained (0.2 mm) to very coarse-grained (1.5 mm), but are mostly medium- to coarse-grained in the range 0.4 to 0.6 mm. Ward's Stone Sandstone Formation, Millstone Grit, Carboniferous
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 512
Corpus volume reference: Vol 9 p. 199
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No lateral borders survive. Two volutes of a single-stemmed spiral scroll are clearly visible, together with traces of one further, but very worn, volute. A large leaf or fruit form is discernible within one of the volutes and there is one bud-like leaf on a stalk to the lower right between volutes.
Potter and Andrews (1994, 103) suggest that this stone 'stylistically' could be part of a narrow side of the same shaft as Heysham 1; the dimensions of the surviving fragments would allow this but, if so, then the hypothetical cross did not taper in a regular manner. There is one round bud which is similar in shape and position to that shown on Heysham 1 (Ill. 510), but it does appear to be larger than that on Heysham 1. On balance, therefore, this is likely to be part of a separate shaft — or even, given the lack of tapering, a lintel or frieze — though the two are not far distant in date from each other.
[1] The difficulties of distinguishing between the original provenances of sculpture from this site have been emphasised by recent excavations (Potter and Andrews 1994, 104, and fig. 2). The following list therefore combines material from both St Peter's church and St Patrick's chapel.
[2] The following are general references to the Heysham stones: Robson 1850, 28; Jackson 1889, 33; Allen 1894, 4, 8; Micklethwaite 1898, 348–9; Taylor, H. 1898, 42; Howarth 1899, 9, 21; Nicholson 1899, 21; Grafton 1904; Ditchfield 1909, 117; Grafton 1909; Farrer and Brownbill 1914, 110; (–––) 1923, 288; Curwen 1925, 30; Collingwood 1927a, 15; Hogarth 1934; Bu'lock 1972, 67; Fellows-Jensen 1985, 402, 405; Crosby 1998, 30; Higham, N. 2004a, 27; Blair 2005, 216, 218, 309, 376, 457; Salter 2005, 42; Newman, R. M. 2006, 103.
The following are unpublished manuscript references: BL Add. MS 37550, items 617–46, 735–6; BL Add. MS 37551, items 72–5; Lancaster Public Library, no. PT 7; Manchester Public Library, Hibbert Ware S. MSS: Msf 091 H21, V, 64 (no. 5), 82 (no. 1); vol. 8, 98v. For the Hibbert Ware collection see Henry and Trench-Jellicoe (2005, 239–60).
