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| RecordAuthor |
Máirín Mac Carron |
| ISODate |
2002-09-13 |
| Date |
13 September 2002 |
| PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
| County |
Cumbria. |
| Townland |
Lowther. |
| OSMapRef |
NY 535235 |
| Area |
England |
| GeneralContext |
Hogback. |
| Location |
Church porch (inside) at Lowther. |
| GeneralContext |
Stone type: Coarse-grained red sandstone. |
| Dimensions |
158.7cm (62.4'') in length, 32cm (12.6'') maximum width, and 59cm (23.2'') maximum depth. |
| GeneralDescription |
Hogback, dated to the tenth century. |
| GeneralDescription |
There is a figural scene on the side of this hogback, set over the coiling body of a serpent, whose head is at the left. There
is a boat above the serpent's head with eight warriors, whose shields are slung over the gunwales. Between the snake and the
boat there is a fish with a dorsal fin.
|
| GeneralDescription |
In the centre of the stone, to the right of the boat, there is half a figure. This is surrounded by fragments of key pattern. |
| GeneralDescription |
To the figure's right there is a row of warriors, eight or possibly ten, carrying round shields. |
| GeneralDescription |
This scene is thought to illustrate an episode from Scandinavian mythology or history. |
