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| Saxon Grave Cover | |
| Notice the carving of the Chalice |
| HEXAB6156 Click on Thumbnail for 2 photos | ||||
| Saxon Grave Cover with Incised Chalice | ||||
| grave-cover | stonework | ||||
| sandstone | ||||
| brown | ||||
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| Semi-coped slab with incised chalice at head, similar in shape to 10th century chalice HEXAB2099. | ||||
| 12th–13th cent | ||||
| Found in March 1907 close to the north wall of the nave, in its original position, eight feet below the surface at that time. Hodges 1921 p.75 | ||||
| 1.176 m long; 0.44 > 0.28 m wide; 0.32 m thick | ||||
| north side | ||||
| Chancel/North Aisle | ||||
| Ryder 1995, no 21 pp120–121 | ||||