Volume 4: South-East England
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Overview
Object type: Pilaster base
Measurements: H. 17 cm (6.7 in); W. 17 cm (6.7 in); D. 5 cm (2 in)
Stone type: Grey (with a greenish tinge and a variable yellow or red-brown lichen coating) limestone, composed of close-packed shell-fragment moulds; Quarr stone, Bembridge Formation, Palaeogene, Tertiary; Isle of Wight
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 439
Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 257-258
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Present Location
South-east pilaster of the chancel
Evidence for Discovery
See Corhampton no. 2.
Church Dedication
dedication unknown
Present Condition
Very heavily weathered
Description
Originally decorated in the same manner as Corhampton no. 02, but now heavily weathered.
Discussion
See Corhampton no. 2.
Date
Eleventh century
References
Page 1908a, 252; Green and Green 1951, 13; Taylor and Taylor 1965 - 78, i, 177, fig. 75; Radford 1966a, 188; Taylor and Taylor 1966, 33; Tweddle 1986b, i, 68 - 9, 170 - 1, ii, 377 - 8, iii, pl. 40b
D.T.
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