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Object type: Grave-marker or -cover
Measurements: H. 69 cm (27.2 in); W. 49 cm (19.3 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Pale yellowish-brown, fine-grained limestone, with numerous 0.5–1.5 mm diameter perforations, some of which are calcite-lined and presumed to be Chara nucules; Bembridge limestone, Bembridge Formation, Palaeogene, Tertiary; Isle of Wight
Plate numbers in printed volume: Fig. 28; Ill. 1
Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 121
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It is rectangular. The upper right-hand corner is broken away, and the lower part is lost. The break is dressed roughly horizontally.
A (top): Along each of the surviving edges is a plain relief border with a median-incised line. This encloses a splayed-armed Latin cross, type A1/B6, outlined by plain raised mouldings of indeterminate section and portrayed as if pendant from a suspension loop in the form of an inverted isosceles triangle. The ends of the upper and horizontal limbs of the cross are square, but the foot is either rounded or slightly pointed. One of a pair of diverging mouldings touches each side of the lower end of the cross and runs off the broken edge of the stone.
