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Object type: Architectural fragment [1]
Measurements: H. 41 cm (16 in); W. 29 cm (11.5 in); D. 15 cm (6 in)
Stone type: Pale red (10R 6/2), fine- to medium-grained (0.2 to 0.3 mm), angular to sub-angular, clast-supported, quartz sandstone. Millstone Grit Group, Carboniferous
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 16-18
Corpus volume reference: Vol 9 p. 48
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The fragment consists of parts of two adjacent sides of a shaft separated by a bold decorated roll moulding; a narrow vertical moulding border flanks each face. The prominent moulding is ornamented with a series of three stiff foliate stems, each group set one above the other, which spring at an angle from the right side of the composition. These triple stems are bound together by three mouldings. The outer leaves curl away from the central stem.
A (to the left of the moulding): This carries worn (and no longer recognisable) relief decoration.
B (to the right of the moulding): This is decorated with a broad two-strand plait with open ground; one strand is median-incised.
Clearly this fragment is closely related to Astbury 2 above (Ills. 13–15). Though its roll-moulding ornament is, in a sense, a mirror image of that on Astbury 2, it cannot be part of the same shaft since the decoration on the broad faces differs between the two; the roll-moulding ornament is also stiffer and less fleshy than that on Astbury 2. The broad line-incised interlace (or double-stranded interlace) on open ground can be compared with similar forms at Childwall in Lancashire (Ills. 443–4).
