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Object type: Doorhead
Measurements:
H. 70 cm (27.5 in); W. 118 cm (46.4 in); D. 17 cm (6.7 in)
Opening: H. 30 cm (11.8 in); W. 103 cm (40.5 in)
Stone type: Yellowish grey (5Y 7/2), non-calcareous, clast-supported, dominantly medium-grained, quartz sandstone. The sub-angular to sub-rounded quartz grains are mostly clear quartz, but there are a few pink grains. Grain size of the quartz clasts varies from 0.2 to 0.6 mm, but are mostly in the range 0.3 to 0.5 mm; there are a few scattered quartz clasts up to 1.0 mm across. There are also a few scattered flakes of white mica up to 1.5 mm across. Downton Castle Sandstone Formation? (Lower Old Red Sandstone Group, Old Red Sandstone Super Group), Upper Silurian (Pridoli) age.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 508
Corpus volume reference: Vol 10 p. 287
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Arched doorhead, carved from a single slab of sandstone incised to look like voussoirs. The lower 'voussoirs' on each side of the arch are non-radial. The arch itself is low and flattened.
This simple doorhead is at odds with the quality of the rest of the building. The arch itself sits awkwardly on the jambs of the doorway into the tower, and it could be a reused remnant from an earlier structure.
