Tucked away in a covered corner of Hereford Cathedral is something that can be seen in many such buildings, churches and ruined monastic buildings - a pile of architectural framents. These have often been dug up having been buried in the grounds of the building for centuries. Others have been "re-purposed" as infill rubble when old work is replaced by new or extensions have been built, again, often centuries ago. This particular pile features pieces of scallop capitals, Norse-influenced interlace, chevron etc, mainly from the period of the Anglo-Romanesque, i.e. from approximately the ninth or tenth centuries to the twelfth century.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Sony DSC-RX100 2017
