lady st.mary church, wareham, dorset

tombs c8-15

Folder: tombs and monuments
lady st.mary church, wareham, dorset

lady st.mary church, wareham, dorset

07 Nov 2012 140
late c7 celtic grave marker, the left hand portion says deniel son of ...auprit lies here, the other says iudnerth son of qu... both are written on roman stones, and would have been fixed upright as tall pillars in the graveyard here.
lady st.mary church, wareham, dorset

lady st.mary church, wareham, dorset

07 Nov 2012 137
celtic memorial marker of the c7 or c8, to catgug son of gideon. it would have stood over the grave upright .
lady st.mary church, wareham, dorset

lady st.mary church, wareham, dorset

07 Nov 2012 110
late c7 celtic grave marker, to deniel son of auprit, written on a roman column. it would have stood as a pillar in the churchyard marking the grave
ramsbury tombs, wilts, a cathedral in pre-conquest times, and has a great collection of carvings from the C9th., of which the friendly ladies cleaning the church were justifiably proud. these round topped grave covers are unusual in shape : maybe they co

ramsbury tombs, wilts, a cathedral in pre-conques…

01 Nov 2009 191
st.michael's church, st.albans, herts.

st.michael's church, st.albans, herts.

24 Apr 2013 128
c13 chapel, which originally had a two light window topped by an oculus in between the remaining two. the chancel is c10 extended in the c13, with c14 tomb niche and window, c15 window and small niche possibly indicating an anchorite's cell
lanivet church, cornwall

lanivet church, cornwall

02 Aug 2012 135
this is the coped stone that is, like others in cornwall, described as a hog back. this has a slight ridge rib, and supposedly faint beasts on the sloping corners, but is nothing like any hogback. prob.c10, to be compared with that at st.tudy
lanivet church, cornwall

lanivet church, cornwall

02 Aug 2012 201
this is the coped stone that is, like others in cornwall, described as a hog back. this has a slight ridge rib, and maybe faint remains of small clasping beasts on the sloping corners, but is nothing like any hogback. prob.c10, to be compared with that at st.tudy
lanivet church, cornwall

lanivet church, cornwall

02 Aug 2012 199
this is the coped stone that is, like others in cornwall, described as a hog back. this has a slight ridge rib, and faint possible beasts on the sloping corners, but is nothing like any hogback. prob.c10, to be compared with that at st.tudy
st.tudy church, cornwall

st.tudy church, cornwall

31 Jul 2012 116
everyone refers to this and its 3 local companions as a hogback, which is obviously not the case; its not really bow backed, there are no bears, and the shape is rather that of a coffin than architectural. to call it a hogback implies a close link with those northumbrian tombs, and that is not the case. probably pre-conquest, maybe c10, possibly a shrine. bigger than I expected too.
st.tudy church, cornwall

st.tudy church, cornwall

31 Jul 2012 133
everyone refers to this and its 3 local companions as a hogback, which is obviously not the case; there are no bears, it's not bow backed and the shape is rather that of a coffin than architectural. to call it a hogback implies a close link with those northumbrian tombs, and that is not the case. probably pre-conquest, maybe c10, possibly a shrine. bigger than I expected too.
broadwell c10, c13 tomb markers

broadwell c10, c13 tomb markers

11 Dec 2009 232
norwich cathedral tomb

norwich cathedral tomb

24 Sep 2010 179
effigy, probably of before 1100, maybe the founder bishop de losinga. this was brought in from the outside of the north transept
bibury church, glos.

bibury church, glos.

11 Apr 2013 175
saxon gravestone, early c11. several more are now in the british museum, bibury having been a minster during this period. there may have been a church here a couple of centuries before that, and it is possible that christianity survived here from roman times.
st. martin's church, wareham, dorset

st. martin's church, wareham, dorset

03 Nov 2012 129
north aisle from the east, with lawrence's monumental effigy of c.1935. the north arcade was cut through the c11 wall in the latest c12
tintagel church, cornwall

tintagel church, cornwall

31 Jul 2012 106
norman chancel with early c14 tomb recess, and a norman window partially blocked for this was itself the cause of the blocking of an earlier doorway still. some of the church may be saxon.
elsenham church

elsenham church

25 Dec 2011 122
above the south door, used as a lintel, is this chip carved coffin lid. it seems to have been thinned down , as it is only c. 2 inches thick. although it is of the same date as the doorway, it may be that it was only placed here by some restorer, though it's possible that the norman mason was merely using up an unused spare from stock as it were.
huntingfield church

huntingfield church

28 Aug 2011 112
remains of an early c11 coffin lid and a cross, supposedly from the field to the south of the church
balsham church

balsham church

27 Aug 2011 118
coffin lid with cross and interlace, prob. early c11. a second grave marker with a simple cross lies just behind.
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