The Corpus: Shaftesbury (Abbey) 3

Volume 7: South West England

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Current Display: Shaftesbury (Abbey) 3, Dorset

Overview

Object type: Grave-marker / head or footstone

Measurements: H. 27.5 cm (10.75 in); W. 25.5 cm (9.5 in); D. 10 cm (4 in)

Stone type: As Shaftesbury (Abbey) 2

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 93

Corpus volume reference: Vol 7 p. 110

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Present Location

As Shaftesbury (Abbey) 1

Evidence for Discovery

As Shaftesbury (Abbey) 2

Church Dedication

St Mary and St Edward [1]

Present Condition

Sharply cut and unweathered

Description

Only one face is carved, with a rather irregular cross in relief of the same type as Shaftesbury 2. The background is roughly tooled. Traces of mortar indicate that it had been reused as a building stone.

Discussion

See Shaftesbury (Abbey) 2.

Date

Tenth / eleventh century

References

R.C.H.M.(E.) 1972, 61

Endnotes

[1] The following are general references to the Shaftesbury Abbey stones: Clapham 1947d, 164; Rice 1952, 137–8; Newman and Pevsner 1972, 362, 363; R.C.H.M.(E.) 1972, xxx, 56, 58.