The Corpus: Draycott-in-the-Moors 1

Volume 13: Derbyshire and Staffordshire

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Current Display: Draycott-in-the-Moors 1, Staffordshire

Overview

Object type: Part of shaft

Measurements: Unknown

Stone type: Unknown

Plate numbers in printed volume:

Corpus volume reference: Vol 13 p. 318

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Present Location

Unknown

Evidence for Discovery

Mentioned by Plot (1686, 432) in his discussion of 'tall pyramidal stones' at Leek, Chebsey and Checkley, but – if it ever existed – it was not seen by other commentators, being mentioned in general discussions on Anglo-Saxon sculpture in Staffordshire on the apparent assumption that it was once there (e.g. Cox 1730, 101).

Church Dedication

St Margaret

Present Condition

Unknown

Description

No information available apart from Plot’s reference.

Discussion

Appendix C item (lost stones for which no illustration has survived)

Given the lack of information discussion is not possible. Plot’s inclusion of it in the context of the round-shafted monument at Chebsey and the square-section shafts at Checkley does not even provide an indication of its potential form.

Date

Unknown

References

Plot 1686, 432; Cox 1730, 101; Pegge 1779, 97; Camden 1806, ii, 515; Dugdale 1819, iv, 261; Erdeswick 1820, 102, 189; Allen and Browne 1885, 356; Pape 1945–6, 25; Pape 1946–7, 25

J.H.

Endnotes