Volume 7: South West England
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Overview
Object type: Roman figure
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Corpus volume reference: Vol 7 p. 241
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Present Location
Evidence for Discovery
Church Dedication
St Giles
Present Condition
Description
Discussion
Appendix B item (stones wrongly associated with pre-Conquest period).
Roman figure set in exterior south wall of church, noted by John Aubrey c. 1670: 'seems to be the figure of St Christopher' (Jackson 1862)
Date
References
Jackson 1862, 194; Goddard 1893, 52; Goddard 1914, 333; Taylor and Collingwood 1926, 232, pl. XXX; Cunnington 1932, 206; Pevsner 1963, 466; Toynbee 1964, 162n; Pevsner and Cherry 1975, 524; Toynbee 1978, 330, pl. XIa–b; Cunliffe and Fulford 1982, 28, no. 104, pl. 27
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