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Object type: Fragment
Measurements: H. 18 cm (7 in) W. 24 cm (9.5 in) D. Built in
Stone type: As Stanwick 21
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 1161
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 286
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The fragment is edged by a double roll moulding, which flanks a curved incised stem to which are attached the remains of two curling offshoots, one of which terminates in four pointed and deeply scooped petals or leaves; crossing this is a stem terminating in a form of fleur-de-lys.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
Collingwood's interpretation of this piece, which he did not illustrate, namely that this 'may be an early coffin lid' (Collingwood 1907, 394), could be correct, or it could be part of a recumbent slab, but with so little evidence it is difficult to be certain about the form. The small pointed and scooped leaves and the widely spaced ornament would seem to be post-Conquest (cf. Rothwell in the West Riding: Collingwood 1915, 236).
