The Corpus: Aycliffe 04

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Aycliffe 04, Durham

Overview

Object type: Fragment of cross-shaft

Measurements: H.20.4 cm (8 in); W. 25.4 cm (10 in); D. Built in.

Stone type: Medium-/coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 11.34

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 44

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Present Location

Built into south wall of chancel, inside

Evidence for Discovery

First mentioned by Hodgson (1880-9) as one of thirteen stones found in 1881-2 restoration. Already built into south wall of chancel when Hodgson wrote.

Church Dedication

St Andrew

Present Condition

Damaged but unworn

Description

Only one face is visible.

A (broad): Part of a wide flat-band moulding survives on the left. The face is divided into two panels by a narrow flat-band moulding. (i) The remains of the legs and skirts of three figures with their feet out-turned. (ii) The heads of three figures. Their joined haloes are flat on top and surround their faces like hoods. The faces are wedge-shaped with features lightly grooved.

Discussion

This piece, which follows the same formula as 1, 3, 6, 7, and 13, is the most crudely carved of all, in a deep grooved technique.

Date

Late tenth to early eleventh century

References

Hodgson 1880-9, 71, no. 13; Hodges 1905, 219, no. x; Morris 1976, 140; Morris 1978, 109, pl. 6, 6B; Bailey 1980, 191-4, 247

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