Volume 4: South-East England
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Current Display: Lewknor 01, Oxfordshire 
Overview
Object type: Fragment
Measurements: H. 16.5 cm (6.5 in); (W. 22 cm (8.7 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Pale greyish-yellow, shelly, oolitic limestone, similar in appearance to the stone of Sonning 1; possibly Taynton Stone Formation, Great Oolite Group, Middle Jurassic
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 316
Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 216
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Present Location
Built externally into the blocking of the arch in the west wall of the north chapel
Evidence for Discovery
First recorded by author
Church Dedication
St Margaret
Present Condition
Broken and worn
Description
It is sub-rectangular with each of the edges roughly broken, and is decorated with simple pattern F interlace. There is a single intact knot, with part of a second similar knot above, and the remains of a third to the left.
Discussion
Lewknor nos. 1 and 2 are linked by having the same decoration. As no original edges survive on either of them, their function remains obscure. However, the interlace pattern on them, while rare in southern England, is consistently used on some Lincolnshire grave-covers, as at Cammeringham (Davies 1926, 9, pl. facing 14), Northorpe (ibid., 17–18, fig. 3), and Stow (ibid., 19, fig. 4). Its occurrence here may suggest a similar function for those pieces, but it is very slender evidence.
Date
Tenth to eleventh century
References
Tweddle 1986b, i, 112, 252, ii, 403, iii, pl. 58a
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