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Object type: Part of grave-cover
Measurements: L. 73 cm (28.75 in) W. 61 cm (24 in); D. 9 cm (3.5 in)
Stone type: [Lincolnshire Limestone but not Ancaster or Barnack types]
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 68
Corpus volume reference: Vol 5 p. 117-118
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Complete mid-wall shaft of slightly bulbous profile, in one stone. Either end is formed in a similar profile with a single roll and bulbous or bell-shaped expansion, but slightly asymmetrically, having a broader base than cap. Around the centre of its girth is a group of four rolls of slightly irregular execution.
This appears to be a cover of a decorative type, based on a square A1 cross and with interlace or plait in the fields thereby created, that is more commonly found in Lincoln (Lincoln Cathedral 1, City 1, St Mark 6 and 8) and in the south of the county (Ewerby 1, Market Deeping 2, Whaplode 1 and 3) than in Lindsey (Hackthorn 1). Yet this type may lie behind the hybrid form of Broughton 1 (? and Cumberworth 1), and more generally finds analogies in the products of the city of York (Lang 1991).
