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Object type: Two fragments, probably from the same grave-cover
Measurements: Dimensions of both stones as given by Davies (ibid.): L. c. 28 cm (11 in) W. c. 18 cm (7 in); D. Not recorded
Stone type: Not recorded
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 387
Corpus volume reference: Vol 5 p. 272
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Two fragments, perhaps from a single grave-cover, were photographed for Davies's 1926 article (ibid., pl. VIII). From the surviving illustration (see Ill. 387) it is clear that the fragments are small sections from a much larger monument with a border, probably of rectangular section – similar, perhaps, to no. 1 above, though somewhat broader. The panels themselves are filled with a simple interlace plait, although it is hard to be certain that both stones have plaitwork of the same type (one may have three-strand whilst the other may have four-strand).
It is possible that these two fragments, which appear to be from the same original monument as each other, came from no. 1 above. However as far as we can judge, there are significant differences in scale and appearance and so they are catalogued separately. The monument they represent, however, is clearly of similar type to Whaplode 1 and it can therefore be suggested that it was probably another cover of the Fenland group (Chaper V), and of early or mid eleventh-century date.
