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Object type: Part of grave-cover
Measurements: L. 55.5 cm (21.8 in); W. 20.5 cm (8 in); D. 15.5 cm (6.1 in)
Stone type: As Bisley (Parish) 2. Probably White Limestone Formation, Great Oolite Group, Middle Jurassic.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 454-5
Corpus volume reference: Vol 10 p. 257
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Part of a gravestone or the top of a tomb, reused upside down, possibly as a window sill.
A: The remains of two panels carrying ring-knots, framed by inner borders that are 4 cm (1.6 in) wide, within a wide edging border. The knots consist of three-strand or two-strand interlace, but little of the ring element survives (see no. 2, Ill. 453). The central strand of the three-strand interlace is pelleted. In one panel the outward-facing elements have pointed U-bend returns, and in the other panel they are rounded.
B: The side face of the stone carries an arcade of half-round arches on trapezoidal capitals. The spandrels and the spaces below the arches are deeply cut back, in order to display the arcade in high-relief. The tops of the arches are bounded by a wide, slightly rounded edging border.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
The carved decoration on this stone is exactly the same as that on no. 2. (See Bisley Parish 2 for detailed discussion.)
