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Object type: Fragment
Measurements: H. 6.5 cm (2.5 in); W. 7 cm (2.8 in); D. 5 cm (2 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained red sandstone (St Bees sandstone)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 649 - 51
Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 169
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There are traces of mortar on three faces.
A: On the left a bold roll moulding runs into what may be the remains of a fillet. It encloses one indented petal and part of another.
B and C: Broken away.
D: Chipped, but the angle moulding survives complete.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
It is difficult to determine the function of this enigmatic fragment. The inner edge of the moulding curves slightly, as though it might have formed part of an opening. The carving on A seems to have formed part of a large floral motif. There is a taste in Cumbria for such motifs in both the pre- and post-Conquest periods (see Bewcastle 1 and Whitehaven 2), so there is nothing diagnostic in the fragmentary petal. The roll moulding does not look pre-Conquest, and it must remain of uncertain date.
