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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Martin's Church (Kirklevington)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.68 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Stockton on Tees Nearest Village: Kirklevington
Map Ref: NZ4317309860
Latitude: 54.482260N Longitude: 1.335168W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Anne T visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 St Martin's Church, Kirklevington: Visited just before first lockdown was enforced. The church wardens opened the church for us and made us very welcome, but what we didn't know before our visit was that most of the stones are at the Preston Park Museum in Stockton-on-Tees. #
There is obviously some 'bad blood' between the congregation and the museum, as the church warden and the ladies cleaning the church made it very clear they think the stones have been 'stolen' and belong in the church.
Am trying to arrange a visit to the museum at some time in the future.
It is thought there has been a church on this site, at Forest Lane, Kirklevington, since the 9th century, although the earliest surviving structure dates from the 12th and 13th centuries. Listed as Historic England List ID 1329828 and Pastscape Monument No. 26796, we are told the church was largely restored in 1882-3.
The Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture records 25 Anglo Saxon stones at Kirklevington (see Kirklevington 01 (then use the arrows towards the top right hand side of the screen to scroll through), although since this catalogue was published, those stones not built into the fabric of the building has been relocated to Preston Hall Museum in Stockton (note: we had an appointment with the museum to see the stones on display and talk to a curator about the stones in storage, but the museum is currently closed until further notice due to the Coronovirus crisis. We will at some point be rearranging this visit). Replicas of Kirklevington 01, 02 and 15 are freestanding against the western wall of the chancel. One of the stones has been moved to St Hilary's Church, Picton.
The stones are also recorded in Guy Points' "A Gazetteer of Anglo Saxon and Viking Sites: Yorkshire" (2007), pages 193 to 197 inclusive, although at the time of writing, all the stones were still present within the church.
In addition to the stones built into the fabric of the church, there is a fine collection of medieval cross slabs, also built into the internal and external fabric.
Note: This church is usually kept locked during the day, but we arranged with the church warden to have access. See 'A Church Near You' for contact details.
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