The Corpus: Distington 03

Volume 2: Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire-North-of-the-Sands

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Current Display: Distington 03, Cumberland

Overview

Object type: Centre of cross-head

Measurements: H. 21.5 cm (8.5 in); W. 23 cm (9 in); D. 12 cm (4.5 in)

Stone type: Medium-grained, micaceous grey sandstone (Carboniferous)

Plate numbers in printed volume: 273 - 6

Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 96-97

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Present Location

In church

Evidence for Discovery

See no. 1.

Church Dedication

Holy Spirit

Present Condition

Worn and damaged on face A; cut away on other faces

Description

The fragment is from the centre of a cross-head.

A (broad): Encircled boss above a fragment of spiral-scroll.

B–D: Recut.

Discussion

Spiral-scroll school (Introduction, pp. 33–8).

Date

Tenth to eleventh century

References

Calverley 1891c, 230, 233–4, fig. IV; Calverley 1899a, 133–4, 297, 298, pl. facing 133; Collingwood 1901a, 259; Kermode 1907, 30; Collingwood 1913a, 171; Scott 1920, 95; Collingwood 1923c, 257; Fair 1950, 96; Bailey 1974a, I, 47–80, II, 110, pls.

Endnotes