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Object type: Architectural fragment [1]
Measurements: H. 21 cm (8.25 in); W. 19 cm (7.5 in); D. 12 cm (4.75 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, massive yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 184.1001-1002
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 189
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Only one face is carved. A concave top is separated by a deep groove from a band of widely spaced chequers. Below is a plain roll moulding and what seems to have been originally a double cable moulding.
This fragment which might have been part of a frieze or pediment is possibly Roman. The widely spaced chequers are typical of some Roman fragments from Corstopitum, and it is possible that this is a piece reused as a building stone in Wilfrid's church. However, the cable mouldings and the chequers are also known in Anglo-Saxon work at Hexham. It therefore seems best to allow this fragment to remain as possibly of the latter period.
