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Object type: Grave-cover
Measurements: L. 144 cm (56.7 in); W. 50 (19.7 in); D. 18 cm (7 in)
Stone type: Brownish-grey (with a greenish tinge), medium-grained (0.3-mm quartz grains), glauconitic sandstone; Hythe Beds, Lower Greensand Group, Lower Cretaceous; Petersfield to Pulborough area
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 238
Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 195
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Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
The whole of the nave walling at Stedham church appears to have belonged to the twelfth century, with changes to the fenestration being the only later alterations. It is likely that this cover was reused in the primary phase of building, as were those reused in the nave foundations. The use of crosses at both ends is paralleled on Steyning 1 (Ill. 249), and it is likely that the type of cover, decorated with a median ridge crossed near either end, ultimately derive from this type. Examples of the derived form are known from Chithurst, near-by (no. 2; Ill. 221), and probably also from this site (no. 2; Ill. 239).
