Volume 4: South-East England
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Current Display: Sompting 03, Sussex 
Overview
Object type: Part of string-course [1]
Measurements: H. 11.5 cm (4.5 in); W. 56.5 cm (22.2 in); D. 26 cm (10.2 in)
Stone type: Pale grey to yellowish, fine-grained, soft limestone; Caen stone, Calcaire de Caen Formation, Bathonian, Middle Jurassic; Caen, Normandy
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 165, 168
Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 174
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Present Location
Western element of the triangular-headed niche in south wall of sanctuary
Evidence for Discovery
See Sompting no. 1.
Church Dedication
St Mary
Present Condition
Broken and badly chipped; otherwise good
Description
See Sompting no. 1.
Discussion
See Sompting no. 1.
Date
Eleventh century
References
André 1898, 16, fig. on 17; Page 1907, 363; Crouch 1910, pl. 39; Jessep 1914, 38; Clapham 1935a, 407 - 8; Mee 1937, 343; Kendrick 1949, 103; Rice 1952, 144; Quirk 1961, 32; Fisher 1962, 381, pl. 219; Nairn and Pevsner 1965, 331; Taylor and Taylor 1965 - 78, ii, 562; Fisher 1970, 181; Kirby 1978, 165; Gem 1983, 128; Tweddle 1986b, i, 72 - 3, 180 - 2, ii, 460 - 1, iii, pl. 87a
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