Corpus of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture Vol VII, South West England.

Abstract

This volume contains the first coordinated record and analysis of the pre-Conquest stone sculpture of the pre-1974 counties of Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire. All monuments are illustrated by high quality photographs some being well illustrated for the first time by new images. The detailed descriptions and assessment of the monuments includes specialist epigraphic and geological studies and the introductory chapters also include accounts of previous research the topography and history of this region of Western Wessex and the cultural context of the carvings.