The Corpus: York Parliament Street 02

Volume 3: York and Eastern Yorkshire

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Current Display: York Parliament Street 02, York

Overview

Object type: Grave-cover

Measurements: L. 90.5 cm (35.6 in); W. 30.5 cm (12 in); D. 15.2 cm (6 in)

Stone type: Coarse-grained (with quartzite pebbles up to 5 mm), feldspathic grit, burnt light red (2.5 YR 6/6); see no. 1.

Plate numbers in printed volume: 351-353

Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 108

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Present Location

Yorkshire Museum, York

Evidence for Discovery

'. . .Found in the excavations preparatory to the building of Parliament Street' (Wellbeloved 1852, 28)

Church Dedication

None

Present Condition

Edges rather chipped; otherwise fair

Description

Only the upper surface is decorated.

The perimeter has a flat edge moulding. It contains a simple long stemmed, incised cross, with arms of type A12. The arm-pits are tiny cusps, the cross-arms being only separated by incised lines.

Discussion

Only its archaeological context, as Collingwood pointed out, attests its pre-Conquest character.

Date

Eleventh century

References

Wellbeloved 1852, 28, no. 7; Wellbeloved 1854, 33, no. 7; Wellbeloved 1858, 39, no. 7; Wellbeloved 1861, 41, no. 7; Wellbeloved 1869, 42, no. 7; Wellbeloved 1875, 48, no. 7; Wellbeloved 1881, 67, no. 5; Wellbeloved 1891, 75, no. 5; Collingwood 1909, 162, no. 5, fig. a on 163; Pattison 1973, 216, pl. XLIV, i

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