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Object type: Grave-cover
Measurements: H. (max.) 144.8 cm (57 in); W. 41.3 cm (16.5 in) D. 25.4 cm (10 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, massive yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 235.1333-1334
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 238
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It is uncertain how much of this rectangular slab has been lost.
A (top): In the surviving portion a double-incised line in the centre divides close-set branching incisions and terminates in a double saltire design. Below is a large single saltire. In a plain panel at the base are seven deep gashes which could be the beginning of another design. The edging bas been chamfered away.
B and D (long) and E (end): Roughly dressed.
C (end): Broken off.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
Slabs with similar straight line decoration occur elsewhere in the north, at Cross Canonby, Cumberland, for instance (Kendrick 1949, pl. 45, 3). Although they could be thought of as similar to Merovingian slabs (Ward Perkins 1937, pl. 30), they are probably post-Conquest.
