Volume 4: South-East England
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Current Display: Selsey 04, Sussex 
Overview
Object type: Fragment
Measurements: H. 15 cm (5.9 in); W. 25 cm (9.8 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Pale yellowish-grey, fine- to medium-grained granular limestone, with very fine (0.1–0.2 mm) shell detritus; see Selsey no. 1.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 158
Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 172
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Present Location
Incorporated into south face of war memorial base
Evidence for Discovery
See Selsey no. 3.
Church Dedication
St Peter
Present Condition
Chipped, but fairly well preserved
Description
It is rectangular with a damaged, broad, relief border to the left. The trimming of the remaining edges has involved the loss of part of the decoration, a six-strand plain plait with median-incised strands, below and to the right.
Discussion
As with Selsey nos. 1–3, no original function can be suggested for this piece. The interlace, with its rounded, median-incised strands, finds its closest parallel on the chancel arch at Selham, Sussex, for which a twelfth-century date can be suggested. However, the parallel is not exact, and an earlier date for this fragment is plausible.
Date
Tenth to eleventh century
References
Heron-Allen 1911, 102 - 3, pl. XXI; Heron-Allen 1935, 34, 37 - 8, pl. on 32; Mee 1937, 331; Aldsworth 1979, 106, fig. 2.1, pl. 2.1; Tweddle 1986b, i, 112, 251 - 2, ii, 459, iii, pl. 86a; Prior n. d., 19
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