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Object type: Slab
Measurements: H. 142 cm (56 in); W. 47 cm (18.5 in); D. 20 cm (8 in)
Stone type: Pale red (5R 6/2), fine- to coarse-grained (0.2 to 1.0 mm, but mostly coarse-grained in the range 0.5 to 0.6 mm), sub-angular to sub-rounded, clast-supported, quartz sandstone. There are a few scattered pebbles up to 1 cm across; one is a red mudstone clast 6 mm across. Helsby Sandstone Formation?, Sherwood Sandstone Group, Triassic
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 390
Corpus volume reference: Vol 9 p. 145-6
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Slab with incised plain Latin cross, type A1
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date)
Collingwood (1928, 24) rightly drew attention to a parallel in the slab now known as York Parliament Street 2 which was allegedly found with pre-Norman remains (Collingwood 1909, 162; Lang 1991, 108, ills. 351–3). The West Kirby piece could, however, be much later in date.
