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A Miniature Viking-Age Hogback from the Wirral

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Richard N Bailey ,
Jenny Whalley ,
Alan Bowden  and
Geoffrey Tresise
Richard N Bailey
Affiliation:
22 Ridgely Drive, Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne NE20 9BL, UK. E-mail: .
Jenny Whalley
Affiliation:
14 Allangate Close, Greasby, Cheshire CH49 3QN, UK. E-mail: .
Alan Bowden
Affiliation:
Earth and Physical Sciences, National Museums Liverpool, William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EN, UK. E-mail: .
Geoffrey Tresise
Affiliation:
Earth and Physical Sciences, National Museums Liverpool, William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EN, UK. E-mail: .
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Abstract

A Viking-Age hogback, recently discovered in the Wirral, is the smallest known example of this type of stone monument and forms part of a marked concentration of tenth- and eleventh-century carvings around the beach market at Meols. Its elaborate decoration is not only allusively Christian but visually asserts an identity with Hiberno-Norse groups in north Yorkshire.

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 86 , September 2006 , pp. 345 - 356
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 2006

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