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Object type: Fragment
Measurements: H. 17 cm (6.7 in); W. 22.5 cm (8.8 in); D. 7 cm (2.7 in), but built in
Stone type: Very poorly sorted, greyish orange pink (5YR 7/2), shelly oolite with matrix-supported ooliths mostly weathering out to give an 'aero-chocolate' texture; some ooliths stand proud. Ooliths vary from 0.4 to 1.0 mm diameter, but fall mostly in the range 0.5 to 0.6 mm. Bath stone, Chalfield Oolite Formation, Great Oolite Group, Middle Jurassic
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pls. 320-1
Corpus volume reference: Vol 7 p. 174
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A: A flat-band moulding forming a corner encloses part of an interlaced pattern with median-incised strands. The corner is filled by a knot from which two strands separate and cross, one passing under a curving moulding in the centre, which could have enclosed a circular feature which is now chipped away.
B: Semi-circular groove runs from outer face into the stone.
C–E: Broken away
F: A flat-band moulding on one edge encloses two median-incised crossing strands of what seems to be an interlace pattern.
The original form of this piece is uncertain — it may have been part of a cross-shaft but it could have been part of a grave-cover. The interlace is quite competently carved in a good over-and under technique, but the piece is too fragmentary to say anything conclusive.
