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Object type: Part of grave-cover
Measurements: L. 47 cm (18.5 in) W. 54 cm (21.25 in) D. 24 cm (9.5 in)
Stone type: Brownish yellow (10YR 8/4–6) coarse-grained pelletal shelly oolitic limestone, with ooliths, ovoid pellets and oncoliths from 0.6mm up to 1mm in diameter and 2mm in length, together with worn shell fragments, in a hard calcite matrix, many ooliths being represented by vacant sockets; no obvious bedding. Upper Lincolnshire Limestone, Inferior Oolite Group [but not Ancaster or Barnack types]
Plate numbers in printed volume: Fig. 14; Ill. 313
Corpus volume reference: Vol 5 p. 238-239
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A fragment from the middle of a flat, rectangular or slightly tapering grave-cover of Lindsey type decorated in low relief and only on the upper surface.
A (top): The border is defined by a twin cable moulding in a herringbone pattern, and the central panel is occupied by three interconnecting lines of simple pattern F interlace, which produce a repetitive figure-of-eight pattern in three incomplete rows. The figure-of-eight units measure 19 × 11.5 cm (7.5 × 4.5 in): the layout of the lines and rows is competently regular, but one pair of rows is separated by a markedly larger gap than the other. The decoration stands sharply as a squared U section against the flat cut-away background.
A circular hole, 5cm (2 in) in diameter and just over 2cm (1 in) deep, arising from secondary use, cuts through the cable border.
B (long): Undecorated.
C–F: Broken.
Because of its unusual thickness, Davies (1914–15, 175) thought that this might be an upright marker. Thickness apart, it has all the characteristics of the interlace covers of Lindsey type discussed in Chapter V. It belongs to the sub-group (a) distinguished by its double cable or herringbone border (Table 6). The cover's original width, calculated as 59–60cm (23.5 in), closely matches that of Blyborough 1 at the upper end of the norm. The fine finish and controlled layout are typical of the sub-group. The apparently deliberate extra-large gap between the rows finds a parallel at Manby 1 (Ill. 284).
