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Object type: Coped grave-cover
Measurements: L. 97 cm (38.1 in) W. 37 > 30 cm (14.5 > 12 in) D. 22 > 19 cm (8.6 > 7.5 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained ferruginous, micaceous sandstone with an occasional ferruginous concretion (22mm x 12mm). This stone has a brownish yellow colour (10YR 6/6) and has not been burnt. A typical Aislaby deltaic sandstone, as Whitby 1
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 1180–2
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 289-290
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The shape of this cover is outlined by a heavy roll moulding which emphasises its architectural form. The ridge rises slightly towards one end.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
This seems to be a transitional form between the more bombé type of cover found at Lythe (nos. 32–3; Ills. 575–6, 580–1, 582–5) and Ingleby Arncliffe (no. 3; Ills. 329–32), and the plain coped covers with straight ridges, such as the companion piece to this at Whitby. A date either pre- or post-Conquest is possible, but this whole group of monuments still in situ at Whitby seem to be part of the medieval cemetery.
