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
The Govan Stones is an internationally-important museum collection of early-medieval carved stones displayed at Govan Old Parish Church in Glasgow, Scotland.
The early medieval Govan Cross in Govan Old Parish Church
Side of the Viking-Age Govan Sarcophagus, thought to depict a royal saint killed by Vikings in the 870s
A side of the Govan Sarcophagus, with animal and interlace carvings
Hogback stones within the (ecclesiastical) north transept