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Object type: Cross-base
Measurements: H. 22.5 cm (8.9 in); W. 36 cm (14.2 in); D. 28 cm (11 in)
Stone type: Coarse-grained yellow sandstone (Carboniferous sandstone)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 619
Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 163
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The base is roughly hollowed out and roughly dressed with coarse diagonal tooling.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
The shallow hole and the rough finish of this piece cast some doubt as to whether or not this is a cross-base or a trough. In the light of the large number of cross fragments from this site it is possible that it is a base.
