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<< Our Photo Pages >> Devil's Stone (Copgrove) - Sculptured Stone in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by rogerkread on Thursday, 11 April 2013  Page Views: 3744

Multi-periodSite Name: Devil's Stone (Copgrove) Alternative Name: Copgrove figure
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.987 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Ripon  Nearest Village: Copgrove
Map Ref: SE346632
Latitude: 54.063588N  Longitude: 1.472855W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Devil's Stone (Copgrove)
Devil's Stone (Copgrove) submitted by rogerkread : Not easy to photograph, so have played about with the settings for the three images here. There are a few images on the web if you google for them which are perhaps clearer, from the days when it was outside the church. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This carving is now on the south wall of the nave inside St. Michaelā€™s church at Copgrove. Until recently it was outside, on the east wall of the chancel at the corner with the north wall; before ā€œrestorationā€ of the church by the Victorians it was reputedly on the inside north chancel wall.

It is badly worn and so the features are difficult to discern, but it is clearly pre-Christian, usually attributed to the Iron Age or else a Romano-British copy of an Iron Age symbol. Exactly what is represented is a subject of debate. The Collins Guide to Archaeology suggests either a ā€˜god with hammer and dish of abundanceā€™ or else a priest with sacrificial vessel. Clearly a sexy female priest! More likely a Sheela-na-gig? See the interesting discussion here.
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Devil's Stone (Copgrove)
Devil's Stone (Copgrove) submitted by rogerkread : One with the light in the church turned off - you can't see the human figure so well here but the separate Tau cross (hammer? axe?) is perhaps clearer. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Devil's Stone (Copgrove)
Devil's Stone (Copgrove) submitted by rogerkread : The 'ladle' in the figure's right hand is clear on this one. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Devil's Stone (Copgrove)
Devil's Stone (Copgrove) submitted by rogerkread : Here is a view of the carving taken in 1980 when it was still on the outside wall of the church. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SE3463 : St Michaels and All Angels, Copgrove by Chris Heaton
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SE3463 : St Michael & All Angels, Copgrove by Bill Henderson
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SE3463 : St Michael & All Angels, Copgrove - Stained glass window by John Salmon
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