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Object type: Stepped plinth / voussoir
Measurements: L. 56 cm (22 in); W. 8.25 cm (3.25 in); H. 28 cm (11 in)
Stone type: Greyish orange pink (5YR 7/2), moderately sorted, clast-supported quartz sandstone. The sub-angular to sub-rounded grains range from 0.2 to 0. 5 mm across, but are dominantly medium grained (0.3 mm). Helsby Sandstone Formation, Sherwood Sandstone Group, Triassic (C.R.B.)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 401–2, 406–7
Corpus volume reference: Vol 13 p. 227
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A long block, well dressed on all faces, the long sides angled slightly towards each other as in a voussoir, with two approximately right-angled cuts on the dressed shorter face (i.e. the exposed face), the ?underside more smoothly dressed for a distance of about 10 cm from this face, the whole probably forming a three-stepped profile. One of the upper edges is dressed to an angle of about 45o, possibly from an earlier use (or possibly re-use) of the stone
Probably an almost intact through-stone voussoir for an opening such as a large window or door.
