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Object type: Grave-cover
Measurements: L. 115 cm (45.3 in); W. 49 cm (19.3 in); D. 13 cm (5.1+A1:A135 9 in)
Stone type: Yellowish-grey (2.5Y 7/2–3) shell-fragment limestone, in places stained brownish-yellow (10YR 7/6), and much encrusted by lichen; Quarr stone, Bembridge Formation, Palaeogene, Tertiary; Isle of Wight
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 684-685
Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 335
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Only the upper surface is carved.
A (top): A slightly coped grave-cover with a squared foot; the head is broken diagonally away. The upper face is decorated with a narrow median moulding of rectangular section. Just short of the lower end separate similar mouldings develop, one running into each of the corners.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
The Y-shaped disposition of the decoration links this cover with some of those from Stedham, Chithurst, Cocking, and Steyning, all in Sussex, and Titsey 4 in Surrey (Ill. 255). Grave-covers from all these sites have similar decoration. They are dated archaeologically to the mid to late twelfth century, and a similar date can be suggested for this example.
