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Object type: Coped grave-cover [1]
Measurements: L. 208 cm (82 in); W. 57 cm (22.5 in); D. 23.5 cm (9.25 in)
Stone type: Medium- to fine-grained, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sandstone; perhaps Westphalian, Upper Carboniferous; possibly reused Roman ashlar, originally from Otley area (see Fig. 5)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 186
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 77
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The coped stone has truncated ends and short vertical sides. The pitch of the roof is shallow but it is surmounted by a prominent ridge with humped section. Along the edges is a crudely incised line serving as a moulding. The line also runs at the base of the ridge. To one side of the ridge is a parallel slot.
Only its archaeological context demonstrates the date of this stone's use.
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.
