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GRAVE MARKER
Unique ID: LEIC-848962
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Medieval?? stone grave marker. 190mm long, 120mm wide and 70mm thick. The object has a roughly rectangular form and semi circular cross section. The left side (as photographed) is quite rectangular and the object slopes across its face to a more rounded and shallower right side. It has a flat and plain reverse and its upper and lower edges are damaged or roughly hewn. In the centre of its face is a carved cross with a v shaped recess. The most obvious use for such an object would be as a grave marker.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 1200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 190 mm
Width: 120 mm
Thickness: 70 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 2nd November 2015 - Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: East Norton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7700
Four figure Latitude: 52.59235432
Four figure longitude: -0.86476034
1:25K map: SK7700
1:10K map: SK70SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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