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Object type: Fragment
Measurements: L. 17.75 cm (7 in); W. 11 cm (4.25 in); D. 10.75 cm (5 in)
Stone type: Pale yellow-brown (10YR 8/2–4) oolite; surface much worn, but shows oolith sockets mostly around 4mm, with some 0.6mm, in a calcite matrix. Bath stone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 470
Corpus volume reference: Vol 7 p. 223
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Only one carved face survives. Part of a plant volute with median-incised stem, which passes over a leaf with outlining and internal hatching. All other faces have been cut away.
Goddard (1899b, 231) felt that this piece was part of a recumbent grave-cover and compared it with Ramsbury 5 (Ill. 506). Despite the fact that neither piece is complete, the surviving widths of Minety 1 and 2 are very similar, as is the method of carving, and this could be part of a shaft.
