The carving is inside the the Church of St Peter, Elwick about 4 metres up on the west face of the wall north of the chancel arch. The stone looks to be around 30 cm across. As Rosemary Cramp wrote, it seems to show two individuals being stoned - perhaps a confused version of the martydom of St Stephen or the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden. An alternative candidate would be the interrupted stoning of Joshua and Caleb (Numbers 14:10), but the figure on the right looks pregnant. Cramp also suggested it may record a local event in the area - stoning was included as an approved form of execution in the laws of King Athelstan, but there are no written records of stonings during Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Norman times, nor any osteological evidence from skeletal remains in execution cemeteries. A similar carving from the period is 19 km south-west in Sadberge https://skfb.ly/oFNYV - seen in the context of the Elwick piece it may even show a stockpile of stones. Thanks to Calum Lang for taking the photos.
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