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Object type: Hogback, in three joining pieces [1]
Measurements: L. 132 cm (52 in); W. 15.25 cm (6 in); D. 45.75 < 48.25 cm (18 < 19 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 144.763-764
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 142
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Type c, niche. The ridge is missing, as are most of the heads of the end beasts, although the pointed ear on the upper beast on face A survives. Their fore legs only are shown. They are extended away from the jowl to form the vertical edge of the central panels of interlace.
A and C (long): The centre of each face is filled with three panels of four-strand plain plait formed with broad flat strands. The panels are divided by flat grooved mouldings. The interlace on face A is more irregular than on C. Below the interlace panels is a niche.
In type this closely parallels 17. However, the carving on this piece is more erratic and irregularly placed than on 17. On each face one of the beasts extends farther across the face than the other. On A the interlace is distorted, and on C the panels are set at an angle. It seems to be either later than 17, a supposition that could be supported by the larger niche, or the work of a more incompetent carver of the same model.
