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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Administratively, Heysham is part of the City of Lancaster district and has three wards: Heysham Central (with a population of 4,397 in 2001, [5] increasing to 4,478 at the 2011 Census), [6] Heysham North (5,477 in 2001, [7] decreasing to 5,274 at the 2011 Census) [8] and Heysham South (6,262 in 2001, [9] increasing to 7,264 at the 2011 Census). [10]
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 ...
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 .
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.
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.