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Object type: Part of coped grave-cover
Measurements: L. 63.3 cm (25 in); W. 69.3 cm (27.25 in); D. 21.3 cm (8.4 in)
Stone type: See no. 1.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 313, 316
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 99
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Only the upper surface of this coped monument is decorated, the sides being roughly dressed.
A (top): The perimeter moulding is in double cable. The ridge is formed by a large cross of type A12, with its own edge moulding, which is chiefly plain, but cabled at one point. At the crossing is a prominent pellet. The lateral arms contain two-strand twist in median-incised strands which unite near the boss. The vertical arm (originally the upper arm of the cross) has a free ring nearest the centre of the cross, and then a three-strand plain plait in stopped-plait technique, using median-incised strands, which are also humped and deeply cut.
The two surviving panels between the arms contain two registers of encircled pattern C (ring-knots), with median-incised strands. There is no proper terminal in the left-hand panel, where a loose strand runs out into the arm-pit of the cross. There are the terminals of another interlace beyond the cross-arm on the right-hand side.
The piece is identical with the coped grave-cover, Sinnington 15 (Ill. 819), even in the cutting style, and is probably by the same hand.
