A Hogback is a recumbent coped shrine tombstone, shaped to represent the house of the dead, with a roof carved to look like tiles, and walls carved to represent ideas symbolic with death and resurrection.

When the builders dismantled the old Norman church they found a Hogback in the building material.
It is 1.17 metres long and 69 centimetres high.
At the top is a highly decorated ridge, 7.6 centimetres thick, with two zigzag flat bands worked upon it.
It stands 7.6 centimetres above the roof below.
It has a curved surface, and is ornamented on one side with recessed work like two moulded tiles and on the other with one row.
These are adorned with a simple Triquetra, the sign of the Trinity on each tile.
Along the eaves is a broad band worked with a kind of key pattern.
The upright sides of the house are covered with interlacing flat bands on one side, and the walls are strengthened with pilasters highly ornamented.
A broad one in the middle and a narrower one at each end (one end having been broken away).
The other side is much damaged, but shows evidence of knot work of double strands.
The Hogback is now in the vestry, close to the Font.
A Hogback is a recumbent coped shrine tombstone, shaped to represent the house of the dead, with a roof carved to look like tiles, and walls carved to represent ideas symbolic with death and resurrection. 
When the builders dismantled the old Norman church they found a Hogback in the building material. It is 1.17 metres long and 69 centimetres high. At the top is a highly decorated ridge, 7.6 centimetres thick, with two zigzag flat bands worked upon it. It stands 7.6 centimetres above the roof below. It has a curved surface, and is ornamented on one side with recessed work like two moulded tiles and on the other with one row. These are adorned with a simple Triquetra, the sign of the Trinity on each tile. Along the eaves is a broad band worked with a kind of key pattern. The upright sides of the house are covered with interlacing flat bands on one side, and the walls are strengthened with pilasters highly ornamented. A broad one in the middle and a narrower one at each end (one end having been broken away). The other side is much damaged, but shows evidence of knot work of double strands. The Hogback is now in the vestry, close to the Font.
St. Kentigern's Church, Aspatria