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Object type: Part of round-headed grave-marker [1]
Measurements: H. 15.9 cm (6.25 in); W. 17.7 cm (7 in); D. 4 cm (1.6 in)
Stone type: Fine-grained reddish sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 199.1116-1117
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 203-204
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Only the broad faces are carved.
A and C (broad): One upper quadrant of a round-headed grave-marker carved on both faces with a double-incised border which does not meet the cross-arms. On both faces the cross is of type G1 and is median-incised. The roundels in the arms and at the centre are deeply sunken. There are two inscriptions, both runic, with serifs:
(a) Face A, upper left quadrant:
aud II [—
(b) Face C, upper right quadrant:
—] II lac
–lac is an Old English masculine personal name-element.
In proportion the cross is like 28, but the deep sinkings in the centre are best paralleled at Hartlepool (no. 8). The unusual feature of inscriptions and carvings on both faces could indicate that the stone was set upright, perhaps for a double burial, or that it had been reused.
