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Object type: Three fragments, probably from the same grave-cover
Measurements:
a: L. c. 20 cm (7.9 in) W. c.10 cm (3.9 in) D. Built in
b: L. c. 20 cm (7.9 in) W. c.10 cm (3.9 in) D. Built in
c: L. c.30 cm (11.8 in) W. c.10 cm (3.9 in) D. Built in
Stone type: [Ancaster Freestone, Upper Lincolnshire Limestone, Inferior Oolite Group]
Plate numbers in printed volume: Fig. 9; Ills. 362–4
Corpus volume reference: Vol 5 p. 260-261
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Stone 2a. A small fragment from a run of interlace decorated with an incised medial line and bounded by a cable-moulded border.
Stone 2b. A small fragment from a run of interlace with an incised medial line, of very similar appearance to 2a, but, as far as can be seen from inspection through binoculars, the border here is undecorated.
Stone 2c. A small fragment of interlace, also decorated with an incised medial line, of the same type as 2a and b but incorporating the top part of a 'bull's head' motif (Fig. 11). The medial line crosses over on the nose. The border against which this unit sat has been cut away during reuse.
These three small fragments, which look very similar in style of interlace, probably all originate in the same monument, as they were all reused together in this part of the nave wall. It is also very probable that the original monument was a cover of the mid-Kesteven group (Chapter V), as the style of the interlace is very similar to others in the group and the bull's head motif is very rarely found outside it. All three visible faces probably belonged to the flanks of the monument (as reconstructed on Fig. 9), and should be dated to between the mid tenth and the early eleventh century.
