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Object type: Grave-cover [1]
Measurements: L. 174.4 cm (68.7 in); W. 58 cm (22.8 in) at head > 34 cm (13.4 in) at foot (both measured across spirals); D. Uncertain
Stone type: Poorly sorted top part of a coarse grained Millstone Grit unit, containing carbonaceous debris. Colour very pale brown (10YR 7/3). Stone provenance as Otley (All Saints) 2. [J.S.]
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 617
Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 227
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The decoration is lightly incised and confined to the edges, forming a simple non-continuous border. On each long edge are three lengths of incised line, each ending at both ends, roughly in parallel, in a spiral scroll.
Evidence of a tenth-century fashion for borders terminating in spiral scroll, otherwise found in the West Riding only at Mexborough (Ill. 536), and in Ryedale — another east Yorkshire connection for this site. See discussion of Mexborough 1 (p. 212).
