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Object type: Hogback fragment
Measurements: L. 78.7 cm (31 in) W. 38.1 > 33 cm (15 > 13 in) H. 21.6 cm (8.5 in)
Stone type: As Lythe 9 (St Oswald)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 577–9
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 165
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The worn ridge has a rounded section and is plain.
A (long) : The roof pitch is a shallow curve carrying interlace in broad median-incised strand. Eight stages of three-cord closed circuit survive under much mortar. The vertical side beneath the eaves is very low.
B (end) : The 'wheel rim' stands at right angles to the ridge, its rim carrying step 1 fret between plain mouldings. The top of the ridge is level with the crest of the wheel. The end is plain and vertical.
C (long) : As face A, but more damaged.
D (end) : Lost.
A type j (wheel rim) hogback. Similar to no. 30, but probably not part of the same monument: see above.
