Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture
Durham University, 2019. (updated 2020)
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Hexham 18, Northumberland
| Overview | ||
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Object Type | Hogback [1] | Measurements | L. 96.2 cm (37.9 in); W. 23 cm (9 in); D. 38.7 cm (15.25 in) | Stone Type | Sandstone | Plate Numbers In Printed Volume | 969 | Corpus Volume Reference | 183 |
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Hexham 18A (Plate no. 969) Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, University of Durham |
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| National Grid Reference of Place of Discovery | ||
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| NY935641 | ||
| Latitude | ||
| 54.971474 | ||
| Longitude | ||
| -2.103069 | ||
| Diocese | ||
| Newcastle | ||
| Present Location | ||
| Niche in north wall of modern nave of abbey | ||
| Evidence for Discovery | ||
| Found by C. C. Hodges, 18 April 1907, lying on side on upper surface of south wall of nave, having been used as filling in core of wall | ||
| Church Dedication | ||
| St Andrew | ||
| Present Condition | ||
| Broken at ends and base | ||
| Date | ||
| Second half of the tenth century | ||
| Earliest Date | ||
| 950 | ||
| Latest Date | ||
| 1000 | ||
| Geological Period | ||
| Unspecified | ||
| Description | ||
| Only one side is visible: type d, extended niche. A sharply pointed ridge, and below, a band of three-strand plain plait enclosed in a fine roll moulding. A (long): Roughly dressed back; perhaps originally carved. | ||
| Discussion | ||
| This represents the most northerly hogback in England, although this type of monument is known in southern Scotland (Lang 1967, 13, 81-3). The extreme length and the simple band of ornament possibly indicate that it is late in the series. Savage and Hodges describe a second band on the other side of the ridge. | ||
| References | ||
| Savage and Hodges 1907, 45, pl. 39; Hodges and Gibson 1919, 67; Hodges 1921, 69; Pevsner 1957, 176; Taylor and Taylor 1961, 123; Taylor and Taylor 1965, 306; Lang 1967, 81-3 et passim; Cramp 1974, 138, 175, pl. 15E; Lang 1984, 138, no. 1 | ||
| Endnotes | ||
| 1. The following are general references to the Hexham stones: (—) 1855-7a, 45-6; Rowe 1877, 62-3; Allen 1889, 230; Bailey 1980, 79, 81, 83. | ||
| Subjects | ||
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| Monument Form: Standing Monument | ||
| Monument Type: Hogback | ||
| Monument Period (MIDAS term): Early Medieval | ||
| Horizon: Post 920 | ||
