The Corpus: Clifford (Lower Court Farm) 2

Volume 10: The West Midlands

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Current Display: Clifford (Lower Court Farm) 2, Herefordshire

Overview

Object type: Part of cross-shaft or panelled cross (?)

Measurements: H. (width as set in wall) 31 cm (12.2 in); W. (height as set in wall) 15 cm (5.9 in); D. unknown

Stone type: Pale yellowish brown (10YR 6/2), non-calcareous, poorly sorted, clast-supported, fine-grained, micaceous sandstone. The sub-angular to sub-rounded quartz grains vary from 0.1 to 0.25 mm across. Raglan Mudstone Formation? (Lower Old Red Sandstone Group, Old Red Sandstone Super Group), Upper Silurian (Pridoli) age.

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 505

Corpus volume reference: Vol 10 p. 284

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Present Location

Set in the wall of a barn at Lower Court Farm, about a metre (c. 3 ft) away from (to the north of) Clifford 1.

Evidence for Discovery

First observed by present author.

Church Dedication

Present Condition

Very worn; surface damaged and weathered

Description

The surface of the stone has been heavily weathered, but in the raking light some traces of what looked like interlace were visible.

Discussion

This is probably part of the same monument as Clifford 1.

Date

?Tenth/early eleventh century

References

Unpublished

Endnotes