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The Heysham hogback is an early medieval sculpted stone discovered around the beginning of the 19th century in ... "Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture: Heysham 05, ...
In the churchyard is the rebuilt Anglo-Saxon sandstone archway moved from the church in the 19th century. It is listed Grade II, [ 9 ] as is the walling to the west of the archway. [ 10 ] Also listed Grade II is a sandstone sundial shaft dated 1696, [ 11 ] and a medieval sandstone coffin. [ 12 ]
The grounds of St Peter's Church contain many Saxon and Viking remains, and the church itself contains a Viking hogback stone. The purpose of these strange stone sculptures is the subject of much debate; they are found mainly in Northern England and also in Scotland , Wales , Ireland and a few areas of Southern England with Viking links.
Christian churches have existed in Lancashire since Anglo-Saxon times. Architectural features from that era have survived in St Peter's Church, [6] and in St Patrick's Chapel, both in Heysham; [7] churches such as St Margaret, Hornby, contain Anglo-Saxon fragments in the form of parts of crosses or carved stones. [8]
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 ...
St Patrick's Chapel is a ruined building that stands on a headland above St Peter's Church, in Heysham, Lancashire, England (grid reference). It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building , [ 1 ] and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument .
Heysham is an unparished area in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.It contains 26 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.Of these, four are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
Distinctive Anglo-Saxon pilaster strips on the tower of All Saints' Church, Earls Barton. Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo-Saxon secular buildings in Britain were generally simple, constructed mainly using timber with thatch for ...