The Corpus: Little Ouseburn 2

Volume 8: Western Yorkshire

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Current Display: Little Ouseburn 2, West Riding of Yorkshire

Overview

Object type: Part of shaft

Measurements: H. 62 cm (24.4 in); W. 20 cm (7.9 in); D. Built in

Stone type: Could not be accessed, but seems to be a very coarse-grained, buff brown sandstone, probably from the Millstone Grit group. Stone provenance as Little Ouseburn (Holy Trinity) 1. Millstone Grit stone was obtained by the Romans in the vicinity of the rivers Wharfe and Nidd. [J.S.]

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 527

Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 208-9

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Present Location

Built into the south face of the north nave arcade wall, high above the floor.

Evidence for Discovery

Three fragments of Anglo-Saxon carving, including this one, were found when plaster was stripped from interior walls during the restoration of the church between 1995–8: the finds were reported by Dr Lawrence Butler of the Department of Archaeology, York, in 1999 and published in Butler (2006).

Church Dedication

Holy Trinity

Present Condition

Very much more worn than Little Ouseburn (Holy Trinity) 1

Description

Only one face of the shaft is visible. It is dressed completely plain apart from the edge mouldings, which consist of a plain outer border and an inner beaded border.

Discussion

See Little Ouseburn 1.

Date

Possibly eighth to ninth century

References

Butler 2006, 107

Endnotes

None