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Object type: Fragment, possibly of shaft
Measurements: L. 42 cm (16.5 in) W. 26 cm (10.2 in) D. Built in
Stone type: Yellowish grey (10YR 8/2–3) shelly, pellety oolitic limestone, an ill-sorted accumulation of ooliths (0.3 to 0.5mm), pellets (mostly sub-rounded and of 2 to 3mm diameter), small worn shell fragments and small gastropods. Upper Lincolnshire Limestone, Inferior Oolite Group
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 310
Corpus volume reference: Vol 5 p. 237
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This block was originally decorated with a run of interlace decoration in low relief. The stone is so badly weathered that the interlace can now only be understood as the pattern of holes representing the interstices. The interlace, which is off-set within the present block, consisted of a run of four-strand plait. There is an irregularity in the pattern in the centre of the run but its cause is not now comprehensible.
It is unclear what type of monument this fragment represents. Perhaps the most satisfactory interpretation is as the stem of a shaft similar (for example) to that at Brattleby (Ills. 60–4, 66–7), which is also made of a similar stone type. If this interpretation is correct, the surviving run of interlace was probably originally one of a pair of upright rectangular registers which decorated the face.
