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Object type: Round-headed grave-marker
Measurements: H. 36.8 cm (14.5 in); W. 31.8 cm (12.5 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Yellow/brown sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 210.1201
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 217
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Only one face is visible. It is possibly a head- or foot-stone.
A (broad): Outlined in an irregular flat-band moulding. The background is roughly finished and the face is quartered with a cross, type A1, in relief, with an incised circle in the centre. All the arms touch the outer moulding except the stem which has been cut back with a diagonal stroke.
Such round-headed grave-markers seem to become fashionable in the tenth century. It is impossible, without seeing the back, to know whether this was an upright foot-stone or head-stone like Bothal 5-6 or Tynemouth 7. The lower portion of the cross is enclosed in a moulding. However, the fact that the cross does not touch the bottom could mean that the base was buried in the ground.
