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Rutland's Anglo-Saxon sculpture Frankly, considering how many Anglo-Saxon settlements there are in Rutland, there are surprisingly few surviving examples of stone sculpture from before 1066. Because there was plentiful woodland at the time it could be that sculpture was mostly carved from wood, so has not survived. Since this web site was first uploaded the long-awaited Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture Vol.15 East Midlands (British Academy 2026) has been published. All the 'technical details' below are taken from that tome. There are one or more fragments of Anglo-Saxon sculpture at Empingham, Greetham, Ketton, Market Overton, Morcott, South Luffenham, Stretton and Tixover. The oldest feature of Empingham's church is a tenth century grave cover is now inside the north transcept. It is thought to have been discovered in the churchyard in 1895. The stone is from Clipsham.   Greetham has two fragments of cross shafts. This one was carved in the tenth century.   The other one (the lower carving in this photograph) was carved in the late eighth or early ninth century from stone quarried at Clipsham. The other fragment is twelfth century. At Ketton there is a small fragment of a tenth/eleventh century sculpture which may have been an arm of a cross. Market Overton has substantial fragments of no less than three Anglo-Saxon cross shafts, all incorporated into the base of the tower. These were probably carved in the ninth or tenth century. The stile in the north-west side of Market Overton churchyard wall incorporates 'columns' that are reused Anglo-Saxon masonry, perhaps once the balusters of an earlier belfry. At Morcott a fragment of a ninth/tenth century carving is now inside the tower. A fragment of a late ninth or tenth century cross shaft was discovered built into the wall of a barn near South Luffenham church. The building has been converted to a dwelling and the carving is now inside. One face depicts Adam and Eve under a tree. It is illustrated and discussed in the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture Vol.15 East Midlands. Next to the church porch at Stretton is a wheel cross which seems to be part of a late tenth or early eleventh century grave marker. The stone was quarried at Clipsham. An early eleventh century cross-shaft fragment is built into a garden wall at Tixover Hall and not accessible to the public. It is illustrated and discussed in the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture Vol.15 East Midlands. Back to top of this page     Back to home page   This website does not gather or store any visitor information. Copyright Bob Trubshaw 2026 No unauthorised copying or reproduction except if all following conditions apply: a: Copy is complete (including this copyright statement). b: No changes are made. c: No charge is made. www.hoap.co.uk/rutland

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