Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Aycliffe 05, Durham Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
West end of north aisle, inside
Evidence for Discovery
Removed from walls in restoration of 1881-2
Church Dedication
St Andrew
Present Condition
Reused
Description

A (broad): Divided into two panels by a wide outer and narrow inner grooved moulding. A double grooved moulding edges the shaft on the right side. (i) A closed circuit motif and split plait. (ii) A single horizontal row of knots: Stafford Knot on the right, ring-twist in the centre.

B, C and D: Cut back for reuse.

Discussion

Possibly the lower part of 6. See Discussion under 7.

Date
Late tenth to early eleventh century
References
Hodgson 1880-9, 70, no. 5; Hodges 1905, 219, no. vii; Wooler 1907-8a, pl. facing 66; Cramp 1966, 121, pl. 30; Adcock 1974, 347, pl. 176; Morris 1976, 140; Morris 1978, 110, pl. 6, 6; Bailey 1980, 195
Endnotes

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