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English: A carved piece of ornamental stonework, dating from the medieval to post-medieval periods and probably representing a moulded detail from a tomb or other ecclesiastical feature.

The following description is by Chris Green:

'The object itself is very incomplete but appears to be part of an engaged half-column with moulding; the neat chiselled dressing looks unfinished. Part of a tomb or similar ???? , presumed medieval or later. I had a good look at this under the microscope, and showed it to Haydon Bailey (President Herts Geological Soc). It is a very coarse limestone largely formed by crystalline calcite outgrowths. However there is a fair amount of bioclastic material, appearing rather worn; much of it is cylindrical and might represent crinoid ossicles, but one certain fossil was a very small three-branched coral, seen in cross-section at the surface. I looked carefully for nummulites (indicating an Eocene rock) but there were none. Our suspicions lent strongly towards the Jurassic, and a southern rather then northern origin. Since it was so unfamiliar it is highly likely that this is a continental import; it may become of interest if more turns up. It is not like Marquise Limestone (Boulonnais), nor Caen which is often featureless.'

Height: 87.6mm; width: 77mm; depth: 56.8mm. Weight: 462.6g.