Record ID: LVPL788
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Stone head carved with well defined but rather schematic features, nose and mouth are particularly detailed. Large lentoid eyes resembles 'Celtic' carved head. Carved from sandstone. Side and back of head unworked.
Created on: Thursday 9th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE HARTFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F662E2
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Liverpool
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head on plinth carved from local red sandstone. Well defined features, well carved. Uncertain whether male or female. Appears to be wearing a bonnet or hood that covers the ears and extends beneath the chin. The back of the bonnet is carved into a series of six horizontal 'rolls'. A necktie is tied in a bow beneath the chin. Uncertain function but is probably part of the common tradition of carving stone heads in the North of England which extends back, at least, to the Roman period and is still practised today. See Anne Ross 'Pagan Celtic Britain (Routledge 1967) and 'The Pagan Celts…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.