Yaverland church (2)

The top of the west door into the church at Yaverland, presumably dating from the time it was built in the 12th century. But perhaps cut about since to allow for a higher door; tympanums of this sort are usually semi-circular and do not have lumps cut out of them.

Have we grown that much since the Conquest? Did the Normans bring a taller stock with them? It being well known from the examination of bits of thigh bones from funerary urns that the Northmen of Denmark who became the Normans were a lot taller than the Jutes of Jutland who became the Caulkheads.

See also the end of the first post of 22nd July 2013.