The Corpus: Titsey 03

Volume 4: South-East England

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Current Display: Titsey 03 , Surrey

Overview

Object type: Grave-cover, in two joining pieces

Measurements: L. c. 64 cm (25.2 in); W. 40 cm (15.8 in); D. 11 cm (4.3 in)

Stone type: Pale greyish-brown (with a greenish tinge), medium-grained, glauconitic sandstone; Hythe Beds, Lower Greensand Group, Lower Cretaceous; vicinity of Limpsfield, Surrey

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 253

Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 200

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Present Location

See Titsey, no. 1.

Evidence for Discovery

See Titsey, no. 1.

Church Dedication

No Dedication

Present Condition

Broken and badly worn

Description

It is parallel sided. The upper right-hand corner is lost. An oblique break separates the upper left-hand corner from the rest of the stone, which is decorated with a low-relief Latin cross, the arms terminating on the edges.

Discussion

Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).

See Titsey no. 1.

Date

Stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date in eleventh century

References

Leveson Gower 1893, 30 - 2, figs. 1 - 5; Bannerman 1909, xx; Johnston 1913, 69; Tweddle 1986b, i, 90, 220 - 1, ii, 499, iii, pl. 109a

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Endnotes