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Object type: Fragment of grave-cover
Measurements: L. 49 cm (19.25 in); W. 22 cm (8.7 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Medium-grained, bioturbated, yellow (2.5Y 7/6) sandstone; Middle Calcareous Grit Member, Coralline Oolite Formation, Upper Jurassic; probably from Filey Brig (see Fig. 5)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 504
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 149
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The surface is flat. A large section of the stem of the superimposed cross survives, the plain shaft being roughly cut and tapering. On each side of this is a run of simple twist with a surviving terminal loop, using broad, flat strands. At one end the panels have irregular, worn areas which may have been zoomorphic features.
The quality of the cutting is very rough but the layout of long panels of interlace on either side of a cross-stem derives from the York Minster slab series. If the large irregular zones are indeed zoomorphic they would correspond to the winged interlace beasts of the Minster group. The sharp taper of the cross-stem, however, is more like that of Sherburn 9 (Ill. 791). The present monument seems to be a clumsy copy.
