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Object type: Part of grave-marker
Measurements: H. 23 cm (9 in); W. 21 cm (8. 25 in); D. 7 cm (2.75 in)
Stone type: Light brown (5YR 5/6), poorly sorted, medium- to coarse-grained, clast-supported, quartz sandstone. The sub-angular to sub-rounded clasts range from 0.3 to 1.0 mm, but are mostly in the range 0.4 to 0.6 mm, and are set in a white matrix. Millstone Grit, Carboniferous
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 721-2
Corpus volume reference: Vol 9 p. 261-2
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Round-headed grave-marker with fragment of the shaft surviving on the lower right of face A. Decoration only survives on face A.
A (broad): Most of the head is filled by a four-leaved quatrefoil, the leaves slightly sunk within their raise borders. The four leaves are linked by short stalks which meet in the centre in a raised circle. The remaining shaft joins the head at a sharp angle.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date)
See Altham 1 above.
