Head Stop
Head Stop

Image credit: Historic Environment Scotland

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The head was probably positioned either at one end of a hood-mould, or at an articulation point along a hood-mould, such as the apex of an arch or at a springing point between two arches. Such a hood-mould would typically occur as part of a wall arcade.

Whithorn Priory Museum

Newton Stewart

Title

Head Stop

Date

14th C

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 13 x W 12 x D 11 cm

Accession number

WHP/hs/1

Acquisition method

on loan from Scottish Ministers

Work type

Sculpture

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