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Object type: Hogback
Measurements: (after Collingwood 1915a) L. 120 cm (47 in); H. (centre) 43 cm (17 in); W. Not recorded
Stone type: Not recorded
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 429
Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 185
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Collingwood's drawing of this hogback (1915a, fig. on 204) was made from a photograph still surviving in the Brotherton Library, Leeds University (Ill. 429). The drawing and photograph shows a hogback probably of type 1c, although there is no clear evidence of a recess. One bear's head is complete but no muzzle is apparent. The other end is damaged. There are three panels of interlace knots on the visible face, which Collingwood reports he was unable to make out satisfactorily. The right-hand panel in the photograph certainly appears much more damaged than in Collingwood's rendering. The effect of all three, however appears to be of close-packed interlace with no remaining ground.
This is one of only two sites in west Yorkshire with hogbacks, the other being Burnsall, nos. 11–13 (p. 113, Ills. 127–38, though there was reputedly one at Lead — Appendix C, p. 290). Possible parallels are with Brompton, north Yorkshire, nos. 22–3 (Lang 2001, ills. 94–5, 97); and Sockburn, co. Durham, nos. 17–18 (Cramp 1984, pls. 143.761–2, 144.763–4).



