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Object type: Lintel
Measurements:
H. 66 cm (26 in); W. 73 > 47 cm (28.7 in); D. 18 cm (7.1 in)
Arch H. 22 cm (8.7 in); W. 39 cm (15 in)
Stone type: Pale yellowish brown (10YR 6/2), poorly sorted, clast-supported quartz sandstone. The sub-angular to sub-rounded grains range from 0.2 to 0.7 mm across, but are dominantly in the range 0.3 to 0.4 mm across. Quartz predominates, but there are a few scattered white feldspars. Helsby Sandstone Formation, Sherwood Sandstone Group, Triassic (C.R.B.)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 403–5
Corpus volume reference: Vol 13 p. 226
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A (broad): The stone is plain and relatively smooth. The arch is cut straight through the stone, with no splay, and is undecorated.
B (narrow): Plain and relatively smooth
C (broad): The surface is plain but uneven.
D (narrow): The surface is plain and rather uneven.
See Repton 24. At 39 cm wide (15 in) this lintel could have come from a side window of the western, two-cell building.
