Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Aycliffe 05, Durham Forward button Back button
Overview
National Grid Reference of Place of Discovery
NZ283222
Present Location
West end of north aisle, inside
Evidence for Discovery
Removed from walls in restoration of 1881-2
Church Dedication
St Andrew
Present Condition
Reused
Description

A (broad): Divided into two panels by a wide outer and narrow inner grooved moulding. A double grooved moulding edges the shaft on the right side. (i) A closed circuit motif and split plait. (ii) A single horizontal row of knots: Stafford Knot on the right, ring-twist in the centre.

B, C and D: Cut back for reuse.

Discussion

Possibly the lower part of 6. See Discussion under 7.

Date
Late tenth to early eleventh century
References
Hodgson 1880-9, 70, no. 5; Hodges 1905, 219, no. vii; Wooler 1907-8a, pl. facing 66; Cramp 1966, 121, pl. 30; Adcock 1974, 347, pl. 176; Morris 1976, 140; Morris 1978, 110, pl. 6, 6; Bailey 1980, 195
Endnotes

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