The Corpus: Repton 13

Volume 13: Derbyshire and Staffordshire

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Current Display: Repton 13, Derbyshire

Overview

Object type: Shaft fragment

Measurements: H. 29 cm (11.5 in); W. 15 cm (6 in); D. 10 cm (4 in)

Stone type: Pale red (5R 6/2), moderately sorted, clast-supported, quartz sandstone. The sub-angular to sub-rounded clasts mostly vary from 0.3 to 0.8 mm, but are dominantly 0.4 to 0.6 mm across, with a few scattered clasts up to 1 mm across. The clasts are dominantly quartz, but pinkish feldspars and a few flakes of white mica are present. Helsby Sandstone Formation, Sherwood Sandstone Group, Triassic (C.R.B.)

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 325–8

Corpus volume reference: Vol 13 p. 214-215

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Present Location

Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Evidence for Discovery

RF 8233, found during archaeological excavations in 1986 in the vicarage garden in Trench 10, in an area of dense graves extending east from a north–south ditch (Feature 1386) towards the churchyard wall and churchyard (cf. Repton 15), in Feature 2616, a stone-packed feature perhaps marking Grave 705. For the probable original context of this fragment, see Chapter V, p. 58.

Church Dedication

St Wystan

Present Condition

Fragmentary and broken with the remains of carving surviving on the edge between A and D

Description

A (broad): The remains of a finely carved cable edge-moulding survive on the left of this face of the stone; the remainder has been dressed away.

B (narrow), E (top) and F (bottom): Broken

C (broad): Broken and dressed away

D (narrow): The finely carved cable edge-moulding visible on A runs the length of this face on the right; on the left a length of finely carved moulding protrudes 2.5 cm (1 in) from the cable moulding.

Discussion

The cable edge-moulding that comprises the decoration of this piece of stone indicates that it originally formed part of a cross-shaft of considerably high quality. While such edge-moulding is found across the region throughout the ninth and tenth centuries, it is more likely that this fragment dates to the earlier part of this time-period.

Date

Probably ninth century

References

Unpublished

M.B.; J.H.

Endnotes