Hogback (sculpture)
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Hogbacks are stone carved Anglo-Scandinavian sculptures from 10th- to 12th-century northern England and south-west Scotland. Singular hogbacks were found in Ireland and Wales. Hogbacks fell out of fashion by the beginning of the 11th century. Their function is generally accepted as grave markers. Similar later grave markers have been found in Scandinavia. In Cornwall similar stones are known as coped stones.
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
St Tudy
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St Tudy is a village and civil parish in north Cornwall, England. The village is situated in the River Camel valley approximately five miles northeast of Wadebridge.
St Tudy
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St Tudy Church and War Memorial
Trevenning Cross (fig. 70) illustrated in The Victoria History of the County of Cornwall (1906)