Arch fragment with two human heads
- Description
- This is part of a Norman arch from Hatherleigh church in Devon. It shows two human heads with leaves sprouting from their mouths. Figures like this are often called ‘green men’.
- Accession Loan No.
- 20/1993
- Collection Class
- Architectural fragments
- Common Name
- arch fragment with two human heads
- Simple Name
- architectural fragment
- Full Name
- arch fragment with two human heads [green men]
- Dimensions
- whole W 380 mm; whole height 260 mm; whole depth 80 mm
- Period Classification
- Norman (1066-1200)
- Production Year Low
- 1100
- Production Year High
- 1199
- Family Group
- Material
- stone; aplite?
- Collection Site Name
- Parish Church, Hatherleigh
- Collection Town
- Hatherleigh
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe