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Object type: Round-headed grave-marker
Measurements: H. 78.8 cm (31 in); W. (max.) 40 cm (15.75 in); D. 13 cm (5 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, massive yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 233.1319-1321
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 237-238
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The lower part of the slab below the decoration is undressed.
A (broad): The upper half of the face contains an incised cross of type B2. The horizontal arms touch the edge of the stone. The upper arm is damaged.
B, D and E (narrow sides and top): Two incised lines run round the top of the stone but peter out at the level of the horizontal arms of the crosses on the faces. It appears from this and the placing of the crosses that most of the undecorated parts of the slab would have been buried in the ground.
C (broad): The upper half of the slab contains an incised cross, again type B2, whose upper and horizontal arms touch the edges of the slab.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
The careless or incompetent drawing of the crosses makes this difficult to date, although one is tempted to see it as later than such as Bothal 6-7. The carving on both faces implies an upright head- or foot-stone (Introduction, p. 7).
