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Object type: Fragment of grave-cover(?)
Measurements: L.20.5 cm (8 in) W.26.5 cm (10.5 in) D.7cm (2.75 in)
Stone type: Pale grey, hard, finely granular limestone (0.2mm granules), with 0.5 to 0.6mm ooliths, densely scattered in some patches, and numerous Modiolus; as Lincoln St Paul 1 and St Mark 20. Cathedral Beds, Lower Lincolnshire Limestone of Lincoln vicinity
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 250
Corpus volume reference: Vol 5 p. 205-206
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A small fragment from the upper, decorated surface of a monument, either a grave-cover or -marker. The decoration shows part of a rectangular cross of type A1 defined by a border of two channels of U-section. There are no surviving edges or base.
The form and execution of the design is very similar to both the grave-cover no. 7 and the marker no. 17 from St Mark's (Ills. 249, 256). Since the piece is so fragmentary there is no way of knowing which type of monument it came from, though it might be best understood as the shorter cross-arm from a cover like St Mark 7. The possibility that it actually came from the lower end of no. 7 if that was a double-ended cross design like so many of the contemporary covers from the Peterborough and Cambridge district (Fox 1920–1) appears to be precluded by their different petrology.
