The Corpus: Kirby Sigston 02

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Kirby Sigston 02, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Shaft fragment

Measurements: L. 22 cm (8.7 in) W. 9.5 cm (3.8 in) D. Built in

Stone type: Medium-grained sandstone, somewhat corroded, with a yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) colour. Stone provenance as Kirby Sigston 1 (St Lawrence)

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 379

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 137

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Present Location

Built into the bench against the east interior wall of the porch, at floor level

Evidence for Discovery

See Kirby Sigston 1 (St Lawrence) Identified by Dr P. Dalton, August 1983

Church Dedication

St Lawrence

Present Condition

Only one face visible; heavily pointed

Description

One end is undecorated. The remainder is filled with tightly woven closed circuit interlace in well-modelled strand.

Discussion

The densely packed interlace and modelled cutting are Anglo-Scandinavian features, especially of the Allertonshire workshop.

Date

First half of tenth century

References

Unpublished

Endnotes

[1] The following are general references to the Kirby Sigston stones: Morris, J. 1931, 217; Mee 1941, 130.