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Object type: Architectural fragment
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Corpus volume reference: Vol 9 p. 267
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Appendix B item (stones wrongly associated with pre-Conquest period)
Architectural fragment. Listed among the 1866 discoveries is a fragment which now survives in the south aisle of the church. Decoration only remains on one broad face; the reverse is cross-broached for fixing to a wall whilst the surviving narrow right side is undecorated. Within an arched frame (with ?slab capital) there is a deeply cut figural scene showing two figures, their faces set in profile with, between their legs, a human hand extending upwards. Between the two heads is a round object. The partially surviving figure to the left has one, handless, arm and carried raised bands across the lower part of his torso; there is a V-shaped band on the upper leg. His upper body seems to be depicted with ribs. The other figure, whose upper body is also ribbed, has arms with extended fingers, a belt across his waist and bands across the upper part of both legs. On both heads the brow runs into the nose to produce a bird-like form. This piece has been accepted by the Romanesque corpus (CRSBI forthcoming).
