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Object type: Part of hogback [1]
Measurements: L. 36.8 cm (14.5 in); W. 39.4 cm (15.5 in); D. 33 cm (13 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, yellow (10YR 7/8) sandstone; deltaic channel sandstone, Saltwick Formation, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic; from North Yorkshire Moors
Plate numbers in printed volume: 741-744
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 197-198
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The decoration of only one side survives, the other being largely recut.
A (long): At the top, parts of a tight spiral scroll with pellet fillers remain. Below that is a run of interlace: four-strand plain plait with breaks. The strand is median-incised. Below this the wall is plain.
B and D (ends): Broken off.
C (long): Traces of indistinguishable ornament survive.
This is the kind of hogback (type h, the scroll type), which has the widest distribution. Parallels are found in Cumbria and Yorkshire, and even at the extremities of the hogback distribution area in Derbyshire (Lang 1984a, 101). The nearest analogue is Kirkdale 9 (Ill. 553).
