Hogback (sculpture)
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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 and Wales. Hogbacks fell out
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 conserved in St Mary's Church, Gosforth, Cumbria
Hogbacks outside St Andrew's Church in Penrith, Cumbria.
Lanivet Coped Stone, Cornwall
Heysham hogback
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The Heysham hogback is an early medieval sculpted stone discovered around the beginning of the 19th century in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, Heysham, on the Lancashire coast, and now kept for p
Hogback (sculpture)
…Govan Old Parish Church in Glasgow. There is a fine example in the visitor centre on Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth. The excellent and highly decorated Heysham hogback is in St Peter's Church, Heysham. There are two main types of hogbacks. One is the Brompton type, which is characterized by massive end beasts. The…
Face B
St Peter's Church, Heysham
Face A
A "diagrammatic restoration" of the Heysham hogsback published in 1892. Face A above, face B below.