A section, perhaps from the centre of a grave-cover of the mid-Kesteven group, decorated with interlace in low relief.

A (top): The only visible face has an undecorated border of rectangular section, within which are two vertical runs of interlace divided by a central fillet, or shaft, of rectangular section. Both interlace runs are of three-strand plait. One retains a medial line but the other has been trimmed back so that its original surface has been lost. If this is correctly identified as part of a mid-Kesteven cover, the visible decoration will represent the lid, the central fillet being the stem of the cross between the two heads.

The stone type appears to distinguish this monument from the South Kesteven shaft group, even though the visible elements could suggest a shaft which, like Stainby or Stoke Rochford (Ills. 335–8, 346–9), has two vertical registers of interlace. Interlace decorated with a medial line, however, is rare within the South Kesteven shaft group; the detail is much more commonly associated with the mid-Kesteven group of covers (Chapter V). The stone type used for Creeton 9 also appears similar to that used in the mid-Kesteven cover group and these two factors probably suggest that the stone should be interpreted as a cover of this type. It is possible that this section came from the same original monument as no. 8 above (and it is reconstructed as such in Fig. 9). However, there is no firm evidence for the connection and it is possible that the fragment comes from a third mid-Kesteven cover at Creeton. If no. 9 is correctly interpreted as a mid-Kesteven cover, then a date in the later part of the tenth century would be appropriate.