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Object type: Part of grave-marker
Measurements: L. 50 cm (19.7 in) W. 13 cm (5.1 in) D. Built in
Stone type: [Ancaster Freestone, Upper Lincolnshire Limestone, Inferior Oolite Group]
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 10
Corpus volume reference: Vol 5 p. 97
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Part of a rectangular grave-marker with incised decoration on the visible face.
A (broad): The face was probably originally divided into four panels by a simple A1 type cross within a grooved border, though evidence for only two such panels is visible. These both contain simple incised rectangles.
This piece belongs to a group of crude rectangular grave-markers decorated with incised, geometrical patterns based around a centrally placed cross. This small group, here called 'gridded' markers, was apparently produced both at Ancaster and Barnack (Chapter V and Table 7C). This example, not surprisingly, appears to be from the Ancaster group of quarries, and other Lincolnshire markers from the same source include those at Swarby and Wilsford (no. 2), both of which are within five miles of Ancaster (Fig. 16). The decoration on this marker was evidently similar to that on Swarby and Wilsford 2 (Ills. 356–7, 390–1). Unlike Wilsford, however, the panels created contain simple incised rectangles rather than secondary crosses.
