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Object type: Part of coped grave-cover [1]
Measurements: L. 47 cm (18.5 in); W. 22.5 cm (8.8 in); D. 16.5 cm (6.5 in)
Stone type: See no. 2.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 819-820
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 212-213
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Parts of two faces are visible.
A (top): The edge moulding on the eaves is cabled and stands proud. On the shallow roof-pitch are the remains of two registers of encircled pattern C interlace (ring-knots) using modelled, median-incised strands.
B (side): Recut; there are possible traces of diagonal interlace.
C–F: Built in.
The control and cutting of this piece are accomplished. The form of the monument and the nature of the pattern provide the closest of parallels for the coped cover from York, St Mary Castlegate 5 (Ill. 316); so much so, that they may be by the same hand. The complexity of the interlace marks it as good late Anglian work. Collingwood considered it to be later, perhaps in the light of the late tenth-century fashion for such designs in co. Durham: see Cramp 1984, II, pls. 48–9, for example. In view of the survival in York of Anglian traditions it need not be so late. Its counterpart at St Mary Castlegate comes from a site with other monuments which are equally conservative in style.
