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Object type: Fragment of grave-cover(?)
Measurements: L. 26 cm (10.25 in) W. 20.5 cm (8 in) D. 14 cm (5.5 in)
Stone type: Pale grey, slightly yellowish oolitic limestone, with ooliths of around 0.6mm diameter (range 0.5 to 0.7mm), closely packed in a finely granular matrix; similar to Lincoln St Mark 8. Upper Lincolnshire Limestone, possibly Ancaster Freestone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 251
Corpus volume reference: Vol 5 p. 206
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A fragment from the corner of a monument, perhaps a grave-cover.
A (top): The upper decorated surface retains part of a border marked by a pair of deeply incised channels of U-section.
B (side) and C (end): The surviving edges are of strongly battered section.
Stocker tentatively assessed this piece as part of a tapered grave-cover (1986a, 64). The battered edge, found also on other St Mark's covers such as nos. 3, 6, and 10, tends to support this view. Too little of the decoration survives to parallel, though its form and execution most resemble the double outline crosses on the local series of markers at Gayton le Wold 1, Glentworth 1, Hackthorn 2, Lincoln Cathedral 2, Lincoln St Mark 16 and Lincoln St Mary-le-Wigford 4 (Chapter V).
