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Object type: Part of grave-cover(?) [2]
Measurements: L. 38 cm (15 in); W. 32 cm (12.6 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Limestone, pale yellow-buff, cellular, medium to very coarse grained, shelly and oolitic limestone. Upper Permian, local Cadeby Formation (Lower Magnesian Limestone). [G.L.]
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 819
Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 279
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Part of a possibly rectangular slab with an incised cross on a long stem (horizontal as placed) with a head of type B8.
Appendix A item (Stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date)
This is again a very simple monument, characteristic of this site. The head of this cross suggests a pre-Conquest date, and the incised outline could also imply a relatively early date, although it is notable that later cross-slabs here seem to be incised rather than in relief. The local context seems to suggest very simple monuments related to pre-Conquest work, but nothing earlier than the eleventh century. A possible parallel could be Romaldkirk 1, north Yorkshire (Lang 2001, 284, ill. 1183).
