The Corpus: Keynsham 04 (abbey)

Volume 7: South West England

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Current Display: Keynsham 04 (abbey), Somerset

Overview

Object type: Fragment

Measurements: H. 12 cm (4.75 in); W. max. 16 cm (6.25 in); D. c. 8 cm (3 in)

Stone type: As Keynsham 2, but no calcite veinlets noted. Bath stone

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 286

Corpus volume reference: Vol 7 p. 166

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Present Location

As Keynsham 1

Evidence for Discovery

In rubble below external east wall of the 13th-century south chapel' (Cottle and Lowe 1987, 104)

Church Dedication

the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Peter and St Paul

Present Condition

Damaged and fragmentary

Description

Carving survives on only one face and it is impossible to say whether it was originally a broad or narrow face. The surviving interlace knot has medianincised strands and is deeply cut against a smoothly dressed background in the manner of Keynsham 3.

Discussion

This could well have been part of Keynsham 3.

Date

Eighth / ninth century

References

Foster 1984, 78, no. 39; Cottle and Lowe 1987, 104, no. 4, pl. 4; Foster 1987, 76, no. 36

Endnotes

None