Monument record MLI50631 - ANGLO-SAXON SCULPTURAL FRAGMENTS, ST.MARGARET'S CHURCH

Summary

ANGLO-SAXON SCULPTURAL FRAGMENTS, ST.MARGARET'S CHURCH

Type and Period (2)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 850 AD to 1065 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 850 AD to 1065 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A SMALL CRUCIFIXUS IS IN THE CHANCEL ON THE NORTH WALL:- WITH LONG, THIN ARMS AND LEGS, THE FEET NOT YET NAILED WITH ONE NAIL - A SIGN OF A PRE-C13 DATE, AND THE PIECE MAY IN FACT BE AS EARLY AS C10 OR C11. OUTSIDE IN THE SOUTH AISLE WEST WALL ARE SIX FRAGMENTS FROM A CROSS SHAFT WITH INTERLACE DECORATION AND TWO MORE WHICH ARE LESS EASILY EXPLAINED. IN THE WEST FACE OF THE TOWER A HEAD; AND HIGHER UP, A SMALL SKITTLE-LIKE FIGURE. OTHER SCULPTURAL PIECES INCLUDE A SMALL FRAGMENT FROM WHAT MAY BE A HIGHLY DECORATED WHEEL CROSS, AND A NUMBER OF FRAGMENTS FROM A LARGE GRAVE-COVER. {1}{2}{3}{5}{6}~ FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE CROSS SHAFT FRAGMENTS SEE DAVIES. {4}~

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. MARTON. SK 88 SW:8,1964, COLQUHOUN F.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. MARTON. SK 88 SW:R,1977, TMA.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2nd Rev Edn p560.
  •  Article in Serial: D.S. Davies and A.W. Clapham. 1926. 'Pre-Conquest Carved Stones in Lincolnshire' in the Archaeological Journal. VOL33 pp16-17; pl 8.
  •  Photograph: A.J. White. 1979. PARISH FILE. MARTON. P23/79.
  •  Photograph: A.J. White. 1976. PARISH FILE. MARTON. P6/76/12-14.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 8397 8175 (point)
Civil Parish MARTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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