Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture
Durham University, 2019. (updated 2020)
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Hexham 45, Northumberland
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Object Type | Grave-cover [1] | Measurements | L. 125.8 cm (50 in); W. 19 cm (7.5 in); D. 51 cm (20.1 in) | Stone Type | Sandstone | Plate Numbers In Printed Volume | 1353,1354,1356 | Corpus Volume Reference | 242 |
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Hexham 45A (Plate no. 1353) Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, University of Durham |
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Hexham 45C (Plate no. 1354) Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, University of Durham |
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Hexham 45A (Plate no. 1356) 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 | ||
| First mentioned in 1837. Found when grave of George Fenwick in north transept was dug up in 1831 | ||
| Church Dedication | ||
| St Andrew | ||
| Present Condition | ||
| Worn | ||
| Date | ||
| End of eleventh to beginning of twelfth century | ||
| Earliest Date | ||
| 1050 | ||
| Latest Date | ||
| 1150 | ||
| Geological Period | ||
| Unspecified | ||
| Description | ||
| The shape is reminiscent of a hogback (see below and G.I. p. xxi) and is clearly conceived in architectural terms: the ridge is carved and at each end rectangular raised blocks could represent towers. The ornament is picked back from the surface of the stone. At the crown of the ridge is a circle in a raised surround, and on either side small raised crosses joined to a diamond motif which is attached by triangular roll mouldings to the raised ends. A (long): At each end is a cross, type A1, set in a circle. The upper arm of the left cross projects above the ring and there is a pellet where it passes the ring. The cross on the right has a large pellet above the ring and the upper arm. Joining the two crosses is a bungled design of eight intersecting arcades. In the centre is a free arch rather like a door. C (long): A very similar design to that of A save that there are only seven arcades and the central `opening' is double. | ||
| Discussion | ||
| Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date). The survival of a `hogback' type of monument into the post-Conquest period at Hexham is perhaps explained by the Scandinavian influence in that region, which is reflected in the earlier hogback (no. 18). The intersecting arcades are confidently constructed on a stoup also from this church. | ||
| References | ||
| (—) 1837, 475-6 and figs.; Longstaffe 1861, 153; Raine 1865, lxxxvii-viii, pl. 38; Stuart 1867, 50, pl. xcv; Hodges 1888, pl. 421; Hodges 1890, no. A7, p. 23; Savage and Hodges 1907, 45; Hodges and Gibson 1919, 67-8; Hodges 1921, 69; Collingwood 1925, 91-2, fig. 19; Collingwood 1927, 173, fig. 213; Rivoira 1933, 157, fig. 569; Taylor and Taylor 1961, 123; Taylor and Taylor 1965, 306; Lang 1967, 84-7 et passim, pls. 24-5 | ||
| 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: Recumbent Monument | ||
| Monument Type: Grave | ||
| Monument Feature: Cover | ||
| Monument Period (MIDAS term): Early Medieval, Medieval | ||
| Horizon: 11th to 12th century, Post 920 | ||
