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Object type: Impost
Measurements: H. 22 > 20 cm (8.6 > 7.9 in); W. (east–west) 42 cm (16.5 in); D. (north–south) 26 cm (10.2 in) max.
Stone type: Greyish orange (10YR 7/4) very shelly sparsely oolitic limestone with clasts supported by a sparry matrix. Shells mostly intact up to 5cm some parallel to bedding some more chaotic. Oysters and pectinoids perhaps Propeamussium sp. Ooliths 0.3 to 1.0 mm. The lowest part of the Cleeve Cloud Member, Birdlip Limestone Formation, Inferior Oolite, Group, Jurassic. As with Edgeworth 1 (p. 197) may be from the lowest part of that member.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 121-2
Corpus volume reference: Vol 10 p. 160-1
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Chamfered impost. As with no. 9, there is an incised groove near to the bottom of the vertical face, and the chamfer is decorated with two shallow concave mouldings divided by a shouldered incised groove.
See no. 9 above.
