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cross inscribed upon them. In the section following, the few monuments of 

 later date are described. It will be convenient to number all these monu- 

 ments consecutively : the reference numbers are added in brackets in the 

 accompanying Plates. In describing slabs the heraldic words " dexter " 

 and " sinister " are used, on account of their convenient freedom from 

 ambiguity, to denote the side towards the spectator's left hand and right Iiand 

 respectively. 



(a) Bases of Crosses ajid Sockets. 



It is not easy to say for what purpose many of the stones described 

 in this group were intended. They are too small, and the sockets they bear 

 too shallow, to have supported any stone standing in them. I content myself 

 with enumerating them here, and commit myself to no theory as to their 

 original use. 



(1). CNN 4. Socket-stone, 9^- inches high by 8 inches square, tapering to 



5 inches square. 



(2). CNN 7. Stone measuring I foot by 9 inches by 7 inches, with 

 rectangular socket in the top 6 inches by 3^ inches by 3| inches deep. 



(3j. CNN 9. Stone, 7 inches high and 1 foot 2 inches by 9| inches at 

 bottom, tapering to 11 inches, with rectangular socket 8 inches by 4 inches 

 by 2^- inches deep. 



(4). CNN 11. Stone, 8 inches high by 11 inches by 5 inches, tapering to 



6 inches by 5 inches, with socket 5 inches by 3 inches by 1 inch deep. 



'5). CNS 6. Stone, 9 inclieshigh by 1 foot by 7 inches, tapering to 8 inches 

 by 5 inches, with socket 5| inches by 3 inches by '2^ inches deep. 



(6). CNS 7. Stone, shaped something like a chimney-pot, 1 foot 2 inches 

 high, 6 inches by 5 inches across top, with socket in the top end 3| inches 

 by 2| inches by 1 inch deep. 



(7). CNS 10. Stone, 10 inches high, shaped something like the jamb-stone 

 of a Gothic window, having a shallow sinking in the top end. 



(8). CNS 12. Eound stone, 1 foot high, 1 foot 2 inches, tapering to 6 inches 

 in diameter, having a socket 3g inches square and 3 inches deep in the middle 

 of the narrow end. 



(9). East of the grave in front of the Anchorite's Cell. Stone, 1 foot 7 inches 

 high, with socket 1 foot 2 inches square by 6 inches deep. 



