The Corpus: Halton (Field Cottage Farm) 1

Volume 9: Cheshire and Lancashire

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Current Display: Halton (Field Cottage Farm) 1, Lancashire

Overview

Object type: Fragment

Measurements: H. 21 cm (8.25 in); W. 29 cm (11.5 in); D. Built in

Stone type: Well-sorted, yellow, clast-supported, quartz sandstone. The sub-rounded clasts range from fine-grained (0.2 mm) to medium-grained (0.4 mm), but are mostly medium-grained (about 0.3 mm). Millstone Grit, Carboniferous

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 503

Corpus volume reference: Vol 9 p. 194

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Present Location

Built into east face of the front garden wall of the former Field Cottage Farm, High Road, Halton (now no. 89 High Road).

Evidence for Discovery

First recorded by Dr Andrew White in 2001, who suggested that it had been incorporated into a new wall during the conversion of the nearby barn into a house (Potts and Shirras 2002b).

Church Dedication

Present Condition

Heavily worn with surface flaking

Description

Both short sides of this fragment curve inward suggesting that it once formed part of a cross-arm. The one visible face carries a medallion scroll with complex interlacing stems.

Discussion

The complex medallion scroll can be paralleled locally on Halton St Wilfrid 1 and Lancaster St Mary 3 (Ills. 466, 577).

Date

Ninth or early tenth century

References

Potts and Shirras 2002b, 9

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