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    1. Lancaster
    2. Lancaster
    3. Langford
    4. Langford
    5. Langford
    6. Langford
    7. Langford
    8. Lechmere Stone (Hanley Castle)
    9. Leek
    10. Levisham
    11. Levisham
    12. Levisham
    13. Lindisfarne
    14. Lindisfarne
    15. Lindisfarne
    16. Lindisfarne
    17. Lindisfarne
    18. Lisnaskea
    19. Lowther
    20. Lowther
    21. Lowther
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1. Lowther

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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 Part of Hogback.
Location Church porch (inside) at Lowther.
GeneralContext Stone type: Coarse-grained red sandstone.
Dimensions 78.7cm (31'') in length, 30cm (11.8'') maximum width, and 50cm (19.7'') maximum depth.
GeneralDescription Part of Hogback, dated to the tenth century.
GeneralDescription On the side of this hogback fragment there are four half figures over the curling body of a serpent. The four all have long hair and their right arm is bent across their chest. There are some fragments of key pattern set around the second figure from the right.

  1. Bailey, R.N., Cramp, R.J., Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. 2, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North-of-the-Sands.1st, Oxford University Press, Oxford. (1988) Crosses, Sculpture, Anglo-Saxons, England..