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Object type: Shaft fragment [1]
Measurements: L. c. 38 cm (15 in) W. c. 15 cm (6 in) D. Built in
Stone type: As Stainton 1 (St Peter and St Paul), except that the colour is predominantly very pale brown (10YR 7/4) with brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) streak; stone cut parallel to bedding along the long axis of the shaft
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 751
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 199-200
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Part of what may be the narrow face of a shaft has been recut as a building block. One edge moulding survives, enclosing a length of almost indecipherable median-incised interlace. At one end is a knot which bears some resemblance to a ring-chain element, and below is a separate motif composed of two crossing strands with a bar terminal at one end and a loop at the other.
This piece may have been more competently carved than it appears to be in this worn state, but closed circuit patterns such as these are usually found on late monuments.
[1] The following are general references to the Stainton stones: Lofthouse 1896–8, 17; Morris, J. 1904, 361–2, 420; Collingwood 1908, 120; Morris, J. 1931, 362, 417; Mee 1941, 227; Brown, M. 1979, 44; Horton 1979, 159; Daniels 1995, 81.
[2] This vestry has now been demolished (April 2001), and it is planned that some of the sculptures, in particular no. 5, may be enclosed within the roofspace of the new building. (Eds.)
