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Object type: Hogback fragment
Measurements: L. 76.2 cm (30 in) W. 35.6 > 27.9 cm (14 > 11 in) H. 22.9 cm (9 in)
Stone type: As Lythe 1 (St Oswald)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 582–5
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 166
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A (long) : A plain worn ridge tapers to meet a moulded hood at the gable, which also tapers from the crest to the eaves of a shallow pitched roof. The pitch is plain and the eaves have no moulding. There are no sides below the eaves.
B (end) : Smoothly recut.
C (long) : As face A.
D (end) : The gable moulding is broad and tapering, marked by two deep grooves meeting at right angles below the curve of the roof.
A type i (house) hogback; see no. 32.
