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  2. Heysham hogback - Wikipedia

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    The Heysham hogback is, like other hogbacks, a grave-marker, monument or perhaps cenotaph, dating from the 10th century and probably from the period 920–950. [ 4 ] [ 1 ] The man it commemorates is thought to have been a high-status individual connected with the Hiberno-Norse communities of Cumbria or Yorkshire , and its position on the coast ...

  3. St Peter's Church, Heysham - Wikipedia

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    The hogback. In the south chancel aisle is an excellent 10th century Viking hogback stone which is covered in carvings of wolves, deer, and men on one side, and, on the other side, of a man next to a large tree with animals. It appears to be red sandstone and measures over six feet long, around a foot wide, and in the middle about 2 ft tall.

  4. Hogback (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    A hogback in Dalserf Churchyard in South Lanarkshire, Scotland; the stone was found on the site in 1897. The patterned carvings are thought to represent wooden roof shingles. Hogbacks are stone carved Anglo-Scandinavian style sculptures from 10th- to 12th-century northern England and south-west Scotland. Singular hogbacks were found in Ireland ...

  5. Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri - Wikipedia

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    Face of the Heysham hogback depicting four figures with upraised arms, which have been interpreted as Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri holding up the sky [1]. In Nordic mythology, Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈɔustre, ˈwestre, ˈnorðre, ˈsuðre]) [citation needed]; are four dwarfs who hold up the sky after it was made by the gods from the skull of the ...

  6. Heysham rock-cut tombs - Wikipedia

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    The two rock-cut tombs south east of St Patrick's Chapel, Heysham. The six tombs of the western group are lined up in parallel with an east-west orientation. They vary in size, the largest being 2.03 metres (6 ft 8 in) in length, 0.51 metres (1 ft 8 in) in breadth, and 0.24 metres (9.4 in) in depth, while the smallest is 1.55 metres (5 ft 1 in) in length, 0.33 metres (1 ft 1 in) in breadth ...

  7. Woman takes down US flag, replaces it with Mexican flag at ...

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    A woman was arrested on Thursday after she took down an American flag and placed it on the muddy ground at a California park, replacing it with a Mexican flag.. Kern County deputies responded to ...

  8. New lawsuit blames 7 deaths on 2023 East Palestine train ...

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    A new lawsuit blames the 2023 East Palestine train derailment for the deaths of seven people.

  9. English church monuments - Wikipedia

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    The earliest English church monuments were simple stone coffin-shaped grave coverings incised with a cross or similar design; the hogback form is one of the earliest types. The first attempts at commemorative portraiture emerged in the 13th century, executed in low relief, horizontal but as in life.