This pointy-eared creature is billed as Anglo-Saxon,
but surely its jaunty pose and classic 'tail wrapped under the leg'
points to a Norman date? It's not the same colour stone as the knotwork
(below), which perhaps also supports the idea they're not connected. (I've since found that the South West Corpus book says it is Saxon though, so I suppose I should defer).
This Saxon fragment is clearest on the left side, and has
at least one creature biting onto the
knotwork. The zig zags (faint on
my drawing) suggest there is definitely the snakey body of an animal
(dragon?) here too - it's a motif present in the carvings at Colerne and Ramsbury.
Images © Rhiannon 2014
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