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Object type: Fragment of lathe-turned(?) capital
Measurements: H. 5.5 > 0.5 cm (2.2 > 0.2 in); W. 17.5 > 4 cm (6.9 > 1.6 in); D. 9.5 > 4 cm (3.7 > 1.6 in)
Stone type: Combe Down Oolite, Great Oolite Formation of the Bath area, Great Oolite Group, Middle Jurassic
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 666
Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 326
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Diameter at the surviving, lower, bed face c. 22 cm (8.7 in). On the underside, about 3 cm from the beginning of the outer curve, there is a line marking the area where the capital sat on the shaft. This projecting area has traces of whitewash and red paint. The lower moulding, 4 cm high, is rounded with a slight sag; apart from the scar of its beginning none of the next moulding survives. The whitewash is thick with a smooth surface; the paint is a deep shade of pink-red, lighter than the Roman oxblood colour.
