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Object type: Engaged shaft
Measurements: H. max. 19.2 cm (7.6 in); W. 11 cm (4.25 in); D. 11 cm (4.25 in)
Stone type: Pale yellowish grey (10YR 8/2) oolite, composed of ooliths mostly of 0.3 to 0.5mm diameter, with some 1-mm pellets, in a calcite matrix. Bath stone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 519
Corpus volume reference: Vol 7 p. 236
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Plain engaged shaft with rolled edge (diameter of roll, c. 6.4 cm / 2.5 in).
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
This simple shaft is difficult to date. If it was (as stated in the church) built into the Norman wall, it is pre-Conquest, and such a feature surrounding an opening could occur in the early eleventh century at an important church such as Amesbury (see p. 199). Nevertheless, such shafts and rolls are much more common in the post-Conquest period, and it is possible that the information in the church is misleading.
