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Object type: Grave-cover
Measurements: L. 134 cm (52.8 in); W. 57 cm (22.4 in); D. 15 cm (5.9 in)
Stone type: Pale yellowish-grey (with a greenish tinge), medium-grained, finely glauconitic sandstone; Hythe Beds, Lower Greensand Group, Lower Cretaceous; vicinity of Limpsfield, Surrey
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 235
Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 192-193
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Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
Both grave-covers from this site are closely related to the near-by examples at Titsey and Tandridge. There is no archaeological evidence which contributes to their dating, but the monuments at these three sites share many of the features of the Sussex covers from the Midhurst region, at Stedham, Cocking, and Chithurst. The archaeological evidence from the first two sites suggests that these were reused as building material in the late eleventh and twelfth centuries. A mid eleventh-century date for their primary use, therefore, seems likely.
