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Object type: Part of stele [1]
Measurements: H. 50 cm (19.7 in); W. 31.5 cm (12.4 in); D. 10.3 cm (4 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, pale brown (10YR 7/4) sandstone; Westphalian, Upper Carboniferous; perhaps from Otley area (see Fig. 5).
Plate numbers in printed volume: 60-65
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 61
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The stele is plain except for a plain moulding which runs along all the finished edges, including the top.
See nos. 11–14. The section of a stele provided by this fragment demonstrates the upper termination and possible stubby height of the genre. There can never have been a cross form at the top.
1. All the pieces from the Minster were discovered as a result of the excavations of 1966-71 by H. Ramm and D. Phillips. They are to be published as a handlist, together with a critical essay, in the forthcoming Royal Commission volume on the excavations. That publication will provide the finer detail of their archaeological contexts, both in a table, and in a description of the excavation of the south transept cemetery.
The following are general references to the stones: Wilson 1978, 142; Hall 1980b, 7, 21; Lang 1988b, 8, 12; Lang 1989, 5.
