ANGLO-SAXON REMAINS 



is divided into panels. The upper one is rectangular and is filled with a key 

 pattern, the next has a six-cord plait, and the next a monster with a bushy tail 

 curled over its back and a ball in its mouth. The lowest panel is in the form of 

 a shield ornamented with a key pattern. Between the panels and the angle 

 beads on this side is a band which is split at the angle of each panel and the 

 portions interlocked, thus forming a kind of square-linked chain. The 

 opposite side contains a series of interlaced monsters of intricate form. The 

 side facing north has a combined knot pattern ' of common occurrence, here 

 particularly well wrought. The side facing south has a knot pattern similar 

 to one which occurs at Gainford and other places.^ Near the centre of the 

 length the knot is curiously changed with a special form for one division. 

 The angle beads are a line of barrel-shape balusters divided by narrow bands. 

 Below they become plain and are carried to the centre of each face of the 

 cross in the form of inverted arches, ending in heads, and similar heads are 

 worked where the bands divide the angles. 



The next stone, which measures 2 feet 8| inches by i foot 6 inches by 

 9 inches has a cable moulding at each angle between two beads. The east 

 face contains two incised spirals; their connection with anything else it would 

 be impossible to guess at. 



The last of the fixed stones is 3 feet 2 inches high, 12J inches wide, and 

 9 inches thick. It is a portion of the upper part of the shaft of a cross, but is 

 without ornament. 



Lying near the door of the chapel is a flat grave-cover broken into two 

 pieces, 4 feet 4J inches long, 15 inches wide, and 7 inches thick. It has upon 

 its surface a cross with square terminations to the arms and head ; the foot 

 being of an expanded or pyramidal form. A narrow border is carried all 

 round it, beyond which the surface is ornamented in the spaces at the sides of 

 the head, one filled with triquetras, and those at the sides of the shaft with a 

 four-cord plait with divided bands. 



The hog-backed stones are an interesting group. The first in the second 

 row is merely a fragment. The next is in two pieces, but is otherwise 

 complete. It has bears at either end, which have all their four paws shown. 

 Along the top is a fret pattern, while each side is ornamented with a four- 

 cord plait. The next has the top broken away. It has bears at the ends, 

 which occupy an unusually large proportion of the surface. Either side 

 contains three panels of four-cord knots. In the base are the semicircular 

 recesses. 



The next is almost a replica of that just mentioned, but of somewhat 

 coarser workmanship. 



The three stones in the fifth row are of a totally different class. The 

 first is only half of a hog-backed stone. It has a triple ridge and three rows 

 of tegulations on each side, the points of which are of a pointed arch form. 



The next is complete and is of similar design, except that the tegulations 

 are of a triangular form. These two have their ends embraced by animals of 

 nondescript form and of very minute proportions when compared with the 

 large bears on the earlier stones. 



The last is one of the most remarkable existing examples of this singular 

 class of memorial. It is 5 feet 7 inches long, i foot 6 inches high, 1 2 inches 



I Romilly Allen, op. cit. No. 87. ' Ibid. No. 141. 



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