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Object type: Decorative impost or frieze fragment
Measurements: H. 11 cm (4.3 in); W. 9.1 cm (3.6 in); D. 2.4 cm (0.9 in)
Stone type: Greyish orange (10YR 7/4), grain supported, shelly oolite (0.2 to 0.6 mm with micritic matrix. Sparse hollow ooliths. Shell debris 4 mm. Possibly Taynton Limestone Formation, Great Oolite Group, Middle Jurassic.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 315; Fig. 18D
Corpus volume reference: Vol 10 p. 216
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Fragment of stiff-leaved acanthus palmette.
See Gloucester St Oswald 13.
